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NY S04885
NY S04885Includes 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
02/17/2021
02/17/2021
In Committee
05/31/2022
05/31/2022
Crossed Over
06/03/2022
06/03/2022
Passed
12/19/2022
12/19/2022
Dead
Vetoed
12/30/2022
12/30/2022
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 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, it adds "regularly scheduled home care visits" to the definition of "regularly scheduled work hours" for nurses, and also 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
Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment
Sponsors (11)
Diane Savino (D)*,
Jamaal Bailey (D),
Cordell Cleare (D),
James Gaughran (D),
Robert Jackson (D),
Daphne Jordan (R),
Michael Martucci (R),
Rachel May (D),
Jessica Ramos (D),
Julia Salazar (D),
Kevin Thomas (D),
Last Action
VETOED MEMO.190 (on 12/30/2022)
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