Bill Text: NY S06717 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to including additional positions in the definition of employee for the purposes of health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S06717 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06717-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6717

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 5, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to including  addi-
          tional  positions  in  the  definition of employee for the purposes of
          health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses

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

     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of
     2  section 367-w of the social services law, as added by section 1 of  part
     3  ZZ of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended as follows:
     4    (i)   Physician  assistants,  dental  hygienists,  dental  assistants,
     5  psychiatric aides, pharmacists, pharmacy  technicians,  physical  thera-
     6  pists, physical therapy assistants, physical therapy aides, occupational
     7  therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupational therapy aides,
     8  speech-language pathologists, respiratory therapists, exercise physiolo-
     9  gists,   recreational  therapists,  all  other  therapists,  orthotists,
    10  prosthetists, clinical laboratory technologists and  technicians,  diag-
    11  nostic  medical sonographers, nuclear medicine technologists, radiologic
    12  technologists,  magnetic  resonance  imaging  technologists,  ophthalmic
    13  medical technicians, radiation therapists, dietetic technicians, cardio-
    14  vascular  technologists  and  technicians,  certified  first responders,
    15  emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency  medical  technicians,
    16  paramedics,  surgical  technologists, all other health technologists and
    17  technicians, orderlies, home health aides,  personal  care  aides,  home
    18  attendants,  personal  assistants  performing consumer directed personal
    19  assistance services pursuant to section three  hundred  sixty-five-f  of
    20  this  article,  or  other  licensed  or unlicensed persons whose primary
    21  responsibility includes the provision of in-home assistance with  activ-
    22  ities  of  daily  living,  instrumental  activities  of  daily living or
    23  health-related  tasks,  medical  assistants,  phlebotomists,  all  other
    24  health  care  support workers, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, nurse
    25  practitioners, registered nurses, nursing assistants, and licensed prac-
    26  tical and licensed vocational nurses;
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04459-01-3