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NY A00181
NY A00181Includes home care services in certain requirements regarding restrictions on consecutive hours of work for nurses, and regarding nurses' refusal of overtime work.
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Introduced
01/06/2021
01/06/2021
In Committee
06/02/2021
06/02/2021
Crossed Over
06/02/2021
06/02/2021
Passed
Dead
12/31/2022
12/31/2022
Introduced Session
2021-2022 General Assembly
Bill Summary
Restricts the consecutive hours of required work by nurses in the home care setting except in emergencies; does not prohibit a nurse from voluntarily working overtime.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Labor Law and the Education Law to include home care services in certain requirements regarding restrictions on consecutive hours of work for nurses, and regarding nurses' refusal of overtime work. Specifically, the bill defines "regularly scheduled work hours" to include regularly scheduled home care visits and allows nurses to refuse to work beyond their regularly scheduled hours, including home care visits, without it being considered patient abandonment or neglect, except in certain emergency circumstances.
Committee Categories
Labor and Employment
Sponsors (25)
Richard Gottfried (D)*,
Aileen Gunther (D)*,
Andrew Hevesi (D)*,
Anna Kelles (D)*,
Dave McDonough (R)*,
Ed Ra (R)*,
Thomas Abinanti (D),
Charles Barron (D),
Marianne Buttenschon (D),
William Colton (D),
Vivian Cook (D),
Joe DeStefano (R),
Steven Englebright (D),
Deborah Glick (D),
Jessica González-Rojas (D),
Judy Griffin (D),
Jonathan Jacobson (D),
Kimberly Jean-Pierre (D),
Latoya Joyner (D),
Jen Lunsford (D),
Steve Otis (D),
N. Nick Perry (D),
Angelo Santabarbara (D),
Nader Sayegh (D),
Phil Steck (D),
Last Action
substituted by s4885a (on 06/03/2022)
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