Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 04, 2016 |
signed chap.56 |
Apr 01, 2016 |
delivered to governor returned to senate passed assembly message of necessity - 3 day message ordered to third reading rules cal.31 substituted for a9695 referred to ways and means referred to finance |
Mar 31, 2016 |
delivered to assembly passed senate message of necessity - 3 day message ordered to third reading cal.523 |
Senate Bill S7159
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
There are no sponsors of this bill.
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
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2015-S7159 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9695
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง3614-c, Pub Health L
2015-S7159 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7159 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to home care worker wage parity PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To ensure that all social adult day programs in the state are subject to the same oversight by the State Office for the Aging (SOFA) SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 of this bill would remove the requirement that a social adult day program be the recipient of a grant from SOFA in order to be subject to regulations promulgated therefore. Where there is duplication of regulation because a program is regulated under another state agency, the program would inform SOFA. Section 2 of this bill would require a report regarding the projected costs and benefits of establishing uniform standards and requirements with regards to social adult day programs to be delivered on or before December 31, 2016 Section 3 of the bill would amend the definition of "social adult day services" and "social adult day care" to prohibit any person or program from using those terms to describe the services they offer if
2015-S7159 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7159 I N S E N A T E April 1, 2016 ___________ Introduced by BUDGET BILL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to home care worker wage parity THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3614-c of the public health law, as added by section 33 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: S 3614-c. Home care worker wage parity. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meaning: (a) "Living wage law" means any law enacted by Nassau, Suffolk or Westchester county or a city with a population of one million or more which establishes a minimum wage for some or all employees who perform work on contracts with such county or city. (b) "Total compensation" means all wages and other direct compensation paid to or provided on behalf of the employee including, but not limited to, wages, health, education or pension benefits, supplements in lieu of benefits and compensated time off, except that it does not include employer taxes or employer portion of payments for statutory benefits, including but not limited to FICA, disability insurance, unemployment insurance and workers' compensation. (c) "Prevailing rate of total compensation" means the average hourly amount of total compensation paid to all home care aides covered by whatever collectively bargained agreement covers the greatest number of home care aides in a city with a population of one million or more. For purposes of this definition, any set of collectively bargained agree- ments in such city with substantially the same terms and conditions relating to total compensation shall be considered as a single collec- tively bargained agreement. (d) "Home care aide" means a home health aide, personal care aide, home attendant or other licensed or unlicensed person whose primary responsibility includes the provision of in-home assistance with activ- ities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living or EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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