Assembly Bill A1632

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the hours worked by nurses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A1632 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1673
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §167, Lab L; amd §6510-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6492, S5016
2011-2012: A410, S5154
2015-2016: A1127, S3100
2017-2018: A876
2019-2020: A3756
2021-2022: A181

2013-A1632 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the hours worked by nurses.

2013-A1632 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1632

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GUNTHER, CLARK, COLTON, JAFFEE, PERRY, ENGLE-
  BRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  FARRELL,  GOTTFRIED,  McDO-
  NOUGH, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN  ACT to amend the labor law and the education law, in relation to the
  hours worked by nurses

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  167 of the labor law, as added by chapter 493 of
the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  S 167. Restrictions on consecutive hours of work for nurses.  1.  When
used in this section:
  a.  "Health  care  employer"  shall  mean any individual, partnership,
association, corporation, limited liability company  or  any  person  or
group  of  persons  acting directly or indirectly on behalf of or in the
interest of the employer, which provides health care services (i)  in  a
facility licensed or operated pursuant to article twenty-eight AND ARTI-
CLE THIRTY-SIX of the public health law, including any facility operated
by the state, a political subdivision or a public corporation as defined
by  section  sixty-six  of  the  general  construction law, or (ii) in a
facility operated by the state, a  political  subdivision  or  a  public
corporation  as defined by section sixty-six of the general construction
law, operated or licensed pursuant to the mental hygiene law, the educa-
tion law or the correction law.
  b. "Nurse" shall mean a registered professional nurse  or  a  licensed
practical  nurse  as  defined  by article one hundred thirty-nine of the
education law who provides direct patient care.
  c. "Regularly scheduled work  hours",  including  REGULARLY  SCHEDULED
HOME  CARE VISITS, pre-scheduled on-call time and the time spent for the
purpose of communicating shift reports regarding patient  status  neces-
sary  to  ensure  patient  safety,  shall mean those hours AND HOME CARE

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

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