Bill Text: NY S08373 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides small businesses affected by COVID-19 an additional 90 days to pay certain premiums for workers' compensation insurance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-19 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S08373 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08373-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8373 IN SENATE May 19, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to provide small businesses affected by COVID-19 an additional 90 days to pay certain premiums for workers' compensation insurance The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra- 2 ry, for the duration of any mandatory or precautionary order of quaran- 3 tine or isolation issued through an executive order from the governor or 4 by the state of New York, the department of health, local board of 5 health, or any governmental entity duly authorized to issue such order 6 due to COVID-19, small businesses shall have an additional 90 days to 7 pay any workers' compensation insurance premiums which become due during 8 such time. Non-payment of such premiums shall not constitute grounds for 9 cancellation of any workers' compensation insurance policy. For purposes 10 of this act, "small business" shall mean a business which is resident in 11 this state, independently owned and operated and who employs one hundred 12 full-time equivalent employees or less. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16371-01-0