Assembly Bill A7909

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Grants employees of employers, which provide services pursuant to the mental hygiene law, protection from retaliatory actions for the reporting of certain violations

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7909 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6183
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§13.41, 7.45 & 19.43, Ment Hyg L

2013-A7909 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants employees of employers, which provide services pursuant to the mental hygiene law, protection from retaliatory actions for the reporting of certain violations.

2013-A7909 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7909

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 7, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Mental Health

AN ACT to amend  the  mental  hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  providing
  protections  to mental hygiene employees from retaliatory actions from
  employers

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
13.41 to read as follows:
S 13.41 RETALIATORY PERSONNEL ACTIONS.
  EMPLOYEES OF FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND  PROVIDERS  OPERATED,  LICENSED,
CERTIFIED, AUTHORIZED OR FUNDED BY THE OFFICE SHALL HAVE PROTECTION FROM
RETALIATORY  ACTION  FROM  EMPLOYERS  AS  PROVIDED FOR IN SECTIONS SEVEN
HUNDRED FORTY AND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THE LABOR LAW.
  S 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 7.45 to
read as follows:
S 7.45 RETALIATORY PERSONNEL ACTIONS.
  EMPLOYEES OF FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND  PROVIDERS  OPERATED,  LICENSED,
CERTIFIED, AUTHORIZED OR FUNDED BY THE OFFICE SHALL HAVE PROTECTION FROM
RETALIATORY  ACTION  FROM  EMPLOYERS  AS  PROVIDED FOR IN SECTIONS SEVEN
HUNDRED FORTY AND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THE LABOR LAW.
  S 3. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new  section  19.43
to read as follows:
S 19.43 RETALIATORY PERSONNEL ACTIONS.
  EMPLOYEES  OF  FACILITIES,  PROGRAMS AND PROVIDERS OPERATED, LICENSED,
CERTIFIED, AUTHORIZED OR FUNDED BY THE OFFICE SHALL HAVE PROTECTION FROM
RETALIATORY ACTION FROM EMPLOYERS AS  PROVIDED  FOR  IN  SECTIONS  SEVEN
HUNDRED FORTY AND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THE LABOR LAW.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11428-01-3

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