STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1192 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to including addi- tional positions in the definition of employee for the purposes of health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of 2 section 367-w of the social services law, as added by section 1 of part 3 ZZ of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended as follows: 4 (i) Physician assistants, dental hygienists, dental assistants, 5 psychiatric aides, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physical thera- 6 pists, physical therapy assistants, physical therapy aides, occupational 7 therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupational therapy aides, 8 speech-language pathologists, respiratory therapists, exercise physiolo- 9 gists, recreational therapists, all other therapists, orthotists, 10 prosthetists, clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, diag- 11 nostic medical sonographers, nuclear medicine technologists, radiologic 12 technologists, magnetic resonance imaging technologists, ophthalmic 13 medical technicians, radiation therapists, dietetic technicians, cardio- 14 vascular technologists and technicians, certified first responders, 15 emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, 16 paramedics, surgical technologists, all other health technologists and 17 technicians, orderlies, home health aides, personal care aides, home 18 attendants, personal assistants performing consumer directed personal 19 assistance services pursuant to section three hundred sixty-five-f of 20 this article, or other licensed or unlicensed persons whose primary 21 responsibility includes the provision of in-home assistance with activ- 22 ities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living or 23 health-related tasks, medical assistants, phlebotomists, all other 24 health care support workers, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, nurse EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04459-01-3A. 1192 2 1 practitioners, registered nurses, nursing assistants, and licensed prac- 2 tical and licensed vocational nurses; 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.