Bill Text: NY A01902 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers; 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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-19 - held for consideration in ways and means [A01902 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01902-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1902
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee 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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