Bill Text: NY S08982 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Removes references to the number of hours of care provided by a caregiver each week from the definition of caregiver for purposes of authorizing criminal history checks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - REFERRED TO CODES [S08982 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08982-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8982

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 5, 2024
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        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  the  definition  of
          caregiver for purposes of authorizing criminal history checks

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

     1    Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  837-n  of  the
     2  executive  law, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (a) "Caregiver" shall mean a person employed to  provide  [fifteen  or
     5  more  hours  of]  care  [per week] to a child or children in the home of
     6  such a child or children.
     7    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04706-01-3