Bill Text: NY A00294 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers; provides that such guide shall be available on the websites of the state office for the aging, the department of labor and the department of state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-06 - ordered to third reading cal.21 [A00294 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00294-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          294
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A. SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
       AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to the  provision  of  guides
         containing  best  practices  for  retaining employees who are informal
         caregivers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  elder  law is amended by adding a new section 224 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 224. INFORMAL CAREGIVERS IN THE WORKPLACE  PROGRAM.  1.  THE  OFFICE
    4  SHALL,  IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AND IN CONSULTATION
    5  WITH  COMMUNITY  BASED  ORGANIZATIONS  REPRESENTING  THE  INTERESTS   OF
    6  INFORMAL  CAREGIVERS  AROUND  THE  STATE, DEVELOP AND UPDATE ON A YEARLY
    7  BASIS A GUIDE FOR BUSINESSES IN THE STATE  THAT  CONTAINS  CURRENT  BEST
    8  PRACTICES  FOR  RETAINING EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ALSO INFORMAL CAREGIVERS AND
    9  INFORMATION FOR SUPPORTING SUCH EMPLOYEES SO THEY CAN ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE-
   10  NESS BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE WORKPLACE.
   11    2. SUCH GUIDE SHALL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITES OF  THE  OFFICE,  THE
   12  DEPARTMENT  OF LABOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. BUSINESSES THAT OBTAIN
   13  CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR DEPARTMENT OF
   14  STATE SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A LINK TO THE GUIDE PROVIDED FOR IN  SUBDI-
   15  VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR A PAPER COPY UPON REQUEST, WHEN THE BUSI-
   16  NESS  APPLIES  FOR SUCH CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE. A NOMINAL FEE MAY BE
   17  CHARGED FOR PAPER COPIES PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO  ARE  NOT  BUSINESS
   18  OWNERS.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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