Assembly Bill A4389

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases the wages for nurses and physician's assistants that are bilingual

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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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2011-A4389 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2807-Z, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A11026

2011-A4389 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the wages for nurses and physician's assistants that are bilingual and working in hospitals.

2011-A4389 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4389

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CASTRO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing bilin-
  gual nurses' and physician's assistants' wages by two dollars per hour

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

  Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
2807-Z to read as follows:
  S 2807-Z. MULTI-LINGUAL NURSES AND PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANTS.  1.    ANY
LICENSED  NURSE  OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  WORKING  IN  A HOSPITAL WHO
FLUENTLY SPEAKS ANY LANGUAGE IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
AN INCREASE IN COMPENSATION BY TWO DOLLARS PER HOUR.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
  A. "PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO IS REGISTERED  AS
A  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-B OF
THE EDUCATION LAW;
  B. "LICENSED NURSE" SHALL MEAN EITHER A LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSE  OR
REGISTERED   PROFESSIONAL   NURSE   PURSUANT   TO  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED
THIRTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND
  C. "HOSPITAL" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING ASCRIBED TO IT BY SUBDIVISION ONE
OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02998-01-1

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