Bill Text: NY A10752 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires employers to supply personal protective equipment to employees at no cost to such employees; requires employers to carry a minimum of a one-month supply of personal protective equipment for employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-09 - referred to labor [A10752 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10752-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10752

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 9, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at request of M. of A. Glick,
          Galef, Taylor, Griffin, Gottfried,  Jaffee,  Barron,  Lentol,  Colton,
          O'Donnell,  L. Rosenthal,  Seawright,  Mosley,  Bronson,  Englebright,
          Otis, Simon, M. G. Miller, D'Urso) -- read once and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Labor

        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to personal protective equip-
          ment standards for employers

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  202-n  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  202-n.  Personal  protective  equipment standards. 1. All employers
     4  shall provide their employees with access to surgical masks or  respira-
     5  tors,  and disposable latex or nitrile gloves at no cost to such employ-
     6  ees.
     7    2. All employers shall maintain at least a one-month supply of  surgi-
     8  cal  masks  or  respirators,  and disposable latex or nitrile gloves, as
     9  determined by the commissioner.
    10    3. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations neces-
    11  sary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.  Effective immediate-
    13  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    14  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    15  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16752-02-0