Assembly Bill A8115

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the COVID heroes grant program

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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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2021-A8115 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7092
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §130, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3349

2021-A8115 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the COVID heroes grant program to award a lump sum pay differential of $2,500 to essential SUNY hospital employees who worked during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency.

2021-A8115 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8115
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RICHARDSON, HUNTER, MAGNARELLI -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to  establishing  the
   COVID heroes grant program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Section 130 of the civil service law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15.  COVID HEROES GRANT PROGRAM. A. ANY ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED AT
 A STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HOSPITAL, WHO WORKED  IN-PERSON  AT  SUCH
 HOSPITAL  AT  ANY  TIME  DURING  THE  COVID-19  STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY
 DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE AWARDED A LUMP SUM COVID HEROES  GRANT
 DIFFERENTIAL.
    B.  SUCH  COVID  HEROES  GRANT  DIFFERENTIAL  SHALL EQUAL TWENTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED DOLLARS. SUCH COVID HEROES GRANT DIFFERENTIAL SHALL BE IN  ADDI-
 TION  TO  SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S  BASIC ANNUAL SALARY, AND SHALL NOT AFFECT OR
 IMPAIR ANY PERFORMANCE ADVANCEMENT PAYMENTS, PERFORMANCE AWARDS, LONGEV-
 ITY PAYMENTS OR OTHER RIGHTS OR BENEFITS TO WHICH SUCH EMPLOYEE  MAY  BE
 ENTITLED  UNDER  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 ANY DIFFERENTIAL PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE  INCLUDED
 AS COMPENSATION FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES.
   C.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEE" SHALL
 MEAN ANY EMPLOYEE PROVIDING IN-PERSON ESSENTIAL  SERVICES  OR  FUNCTIONS
 DURING THE COVID-19 STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECU-
 TIVE  ORDER  NUMBER  TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS AMENDED,
 AND DESIGNATED AS AN ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEE OR ESSENTIAL WORKER PURSUANT  TO
 SUCH EXECUTIVE ORDER, AS AMENDED, OR BY ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION.
   § 2.  Any essential employee employed in a professional services nego-
 tiating  unit  position  or in a managerial/confidential position in the
 unclassified service at a state university  of  New  York  hospital  who
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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