Bill Text: NY A06033 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6033 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits direct-care workers from working two double shifts within any two day period.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to labor [A06033 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06033-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6033
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 13, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  prohibiting  direct-care
         workers from working two double shifts within any two day period
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a  new  section  171  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  171.  DOUBLE SHIFTS FOR DIRECT-CARE WORKERS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
    4  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    5    A. "DIRECT-CARE WORKER" SHALL MEAN ANY EMPLOYEE WHO IS NOT A NURSE  OR
    6  OTHER  PERSON LICENSED, CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE
    7  EDUCATION LAW WHOSE PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY  IS  TO  CARRY  OUT  DIRECT
    8  PATIENT  CARE  FOR  ONE OR MORE PATIENTS OR PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE IN
    9  THE DELIVERY OF PATIENT CARE.
   10    B. "DOUBLE SHIFT" SHALL MEAN A WORK DAY COMPRISED OF TWICE THE  LENGTH
   11  OF A NORMAL WORKING PERIOD.
   12    2.  NO  DIRECT-CARE  WORKER  SHALL  BE PERMITTED TO WORK MORE THAN ONE
   13  DOUBLE SHIFT IN ANY FORTY-EIGHT HOUR PERIOD.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
   15  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09519-01-3