Bill Text: NY A00380 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Provides that if any employee, engaged in the service of any commuter rail service owned or operated by the authority or its subsidiaries, shall suffer a physical and/or mental injury that is caused by a passenger, customer or member of the public while the employee is performing an assigned duty, the employer shall be held liable for any health care costs attributable to such injury; makes related provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-07-22 - enacting clause stricken [A00380 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A00380-Amended.html
Bill Title: Provides that if any employee, engaged in the service of any commuter rail service owned or operated by the authority or its subsidiaries, shall suffer a physical and/or mental injury that is caused by a passenger, customer or member of the public while the employee is performing an assigned duty, the employer shall be held liable for any health care costs attributable to such injury; makes related provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-07-22 - enacting clause stricken [A00380 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A00380-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 380--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS, JOYNER, SEPTIMO, SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to employer liability for on-duty assaults of employees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1266-l of the public authorities law, as added by 2 chapter 668 of the laws of 2022, is renumbered section 1266-m and a new 3 section 1266-n is added to read as follows: 4 § 1266-n. Employer liability for on-duty assaults of employees. 1. If 5 any employee, engaged in the service of any commuter rail service owned 6 or operated by the authority or its subsidiary, shall suffer a physical 7 and/or mental injury that is caused by a passenger, customer or member 8 of the public while the employee is performing an assigned duty, pursu- 9 ant to subdivision eleven of section 120.05 of the penal law or other- 10 wise, the employer shall be held liable for any health care costs 11 attributable to such injury and, in cases where it is determined by his 12 or her health care provider that such injured employee is unable to 13 perform his or her assigned duties due to such injury, such employee 14 shall be compensated by the employer at an amount not less than the 15 employee would have earned on the assignment they would have worked 16 until such time that such employee is designated able to return to work 17 by his or her health care provider. 18 2. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the rights, 19 privileges, or remedies of any employee under any collective bargaining 20 agreement or employment contract. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00617-03-3