Bill Text: NY S08571 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to temporarily suspending medical and student debt collection during the COVID-19 covered period.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-16 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08571 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08571-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8571

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 16, 2020
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        Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        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