Senate Bill S857

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Includes certified nursing assistants in provisions of law relating to restrictions on consecutive hours of work

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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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2017-S857 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A543
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §167, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4520, A10072
2011-2012: S159, A1744
2013-2014: S1054, A1403
2015-2016: S4779, A1836
2019-2020: S965, A3719
2021-2022: A363
2023-2024: A3802

2017-S857 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes certified nursing assistants in provisions of law relating to restrictions on consecutive hours of work.

2017-S857 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S857 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    857
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. YOUNG, FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to including certified  nurs-
   ing  assistants  in  provisions  of  law  relating  to restrictions on
   consecutive hours of work

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 1 of section 167 of the labor
 law, as added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2008, is amended and  a  new
 paragraph d is added to read as follows:
   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, OR A CERTIFIED NURSING
 ASSISTANT AS DEFINED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
   D. "CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO HAS  SUCCESS-
 FULLY  COMPLETED  A  NURSE  AIDE  TRAINING  AND/OR COMPETENCY EVALUATION
 PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH  AND/OR  IS  CURRENTLY
 LISTED IN THE NURSE AIDE REGISTRY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03186-01-7



              

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