Bill Text: NY A10688 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to temporarily suspending medical and student debt collection during the COVID-19 covered period.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-01 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A10688 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10688-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10688 IN ASSEMBLY July 1, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gottfried) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT temporarily suspending medical and student debt collection during the COVID-19 covered period The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. For the purposes of this act, "COVID-19 covered period" 2 means March 7, 2020 until the date on which none of the provisions that 3 closed or otherwise restricted public or private businesses or places of 4 public accommodation, or required postponement or cancellation of all 5 non-essential gatherings of individuals of any size for any reason in 6 executive orders 202.3, 202.4, 202.5, 202.6, 202.7, 202.8, 202.10, 7 202.11, 202.13 or 202.14, as extended by executive orders 202.28 and 8 202.31 and as further extended by any future executive order, issued in 9 response to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to apply in the county of the 10 insurer or debtors residence. 11 § 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the 12 collection of medical and student debt owed to the state of New York and 13 referred to the office of the attorney general for collection will be 14 temporarily suspended to the end of COVID-19 covered period. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16691-01-0