Bill Text: NY A10859 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10859 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides guidelines for the opening of indoor activities at health clubs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-24 - referred to economic development [A10859 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10859-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10859

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 24, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Steck) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the opening  of
          indoor activities at health clubs

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

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  632 to read as follows:
     3    § 632. Reopening of health clubs.  1.  County  departments  of  health
     4  shall  be  the reopening authority for all indoor activities in gyms and
     5  fitness centers. To open  for  indoor  activities  during  the  COVID-19
     6  pandemic,  health  clubs  shall  submit  individualized plans for indoor
     7  activities to the county department of health. The county department  of
     8  health shall review each individual plan for demonstrated safety and may
     9  require  additional guidelines for improved safety. To reopen for indoor
    10  activities, the region where the health club  is  located  shall  be  in
    11  phase four or beyond, pursuant to executive order number two hundred two
    12  of  two  thousand  twenty  and  extensions  thereof,  and  shall have an
    13  infection rate of no more than five percent of the  population  of  that
    14  region.
    15    2. No person shall enter the health club unless they are a resident of
    16  the region where such health club is located, as identified by a govern-
    17  ment-issued driver's license or identification card.
    18    3.  The  responsible  parties  of  the  health club shall sanitize the
    19  entire facility every twenty-four hours and shall ensure the  safety  of
    20  guests at all times.
    21    4.  All individuals, including all employees, entering the health club
    22  at any time shall complete a COVID-19 screening questionnaire  and  have
    23  their  temperature taken and recorded on such questionnaire. If an indi-
    24  vidual answers yes to any of the questions on  the  screening  question-
    25  naire,  they shall provide a COVID-19 test with a negative result, taken
    26  after the date of the questionnaire, to enter the facility.
    27    5. The COVID-19 screening questionnaire for health clubs shall contain
    28  the information and shall be in the form set forth hereinbelow:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16971-01-0

        A. 10859                            2

     1  COVID-19 SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HEALTH CLUBS
     2  Date: ____________________________
     3  1. Please enter your first and last name.
     4  ____________________________
     5  2.  Have you experienced any respiratory or other COVID-19 related symp-
     6  toms  (cough,  fever,  sore  throat,  muscle  pain,  chills,   loss   of
     7  taste/smell, shortness of breath, etc.) in the last 14 days?
     8  Yes - No Allergies
     9  Yes - Have Allergies
    10  No
    11  3. Have you experienced a fever over 100.4°F in the last 48 hours?
    12  Yes
    13  No
    14  4. Current temperature: _______ °F
    15  5. Have you tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days?
    16  Yes
    17  No
    18  6.  Have you been in close contact with anyone for a prolonged period of
    19  time, who has a confirmed or suspected COVID-19  case  in  the  past  14
    20  days?
    21  Yes
    22  No
    23  7.  If  you have answered yes to any of the questions above, you may not
    24  enter these premises until you have provided this facility with a  nega-
    25  tive test for COVID-19 after the date of this questionnaire.
    26  By  checking  this box you agree that the answers to the questions above
    27  are true.
    28  __ I Agree
    29    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    30  have become a law.