Bill Text: NY A03627 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the state to reimburse non-public and private schools for the cost of testing where COVID testing is being mandated by the state.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A03627 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03627-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3627

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 28, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, ENGLEBRIGHT, BARNWELL, BRABENEC, BUTTENS-
          CHON,  CUSICK,  SEAWRIGHT, DINOWITZ, TAYLOR, BYRNES, TAGUE, McDONOUGH,
          STERN, THIELE, EICHENSTEIN, GOODELL, WOERNER -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT relating to requiring  the  state  to  reimburse  non-public  and
          private schools where COVID testing is mandated

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

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     2  where COVID-19 testing of students, teachers and staff  is  mandated  by
     3  the  state  pursuant  to  executive order or other directive relating to
     4  in-person instruction and settings, the state shall reimburse  all  non-
     5  public  and  private  schools  that  are subject to such mandate for the
     6  costs associated with such testing  requirements.  The  commissioner  of
     7  education  shall  adopt necessary rules and/or regulations and provide a
     8  process and procedure to ensure  the  reimbursement  of  eligible  costs
     9  pursuant to this act.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01781-01-1