Bill Text: NY S08167 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain persons under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-13 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S08167 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08167-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8167

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 13, 2020
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to eligibility for  unemploy-
          ment  benefits  for  certain  persons under quarantine for coronavirus
          (COVID-19); and providing for the repeal of such provisions  upon  the
          expiration thereof

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

     1    Section 1. Section 591 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a.  Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this section, benefits
     4  shall be paid to any employee who is under mandatory or voluntary  quar-
     5  antine as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Claimants shall not be
     6  required  to  participate  in reemployment services or use vacation time
     7  while under quarantine.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
     9  deemed repealed two years after such date.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15849-02-0