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Assembly Bill A6672

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a living wage rate for emergency medical services personnel

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2019-A6672 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 19-D §§696-a - 696-f, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A3059

2019-A6672 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a living wage rate for emergency medical services personnel; $15 per hour beginning December 1, 2020 to be adjusted yearly; civil action authorized.

2019-A6672 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6672
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing a living wage
   rate for emergency medical services personnel
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  labor law is amended by adding a new article 19-D to
 read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 19-D
         LIVING WAGE RATE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL
 SECTION 696-A. DEFINITIONS.
         696-B. LIVING WAGE  RATE FOR EMERGENCY  MEDICAL SERVICES PERSON-
                  NEL.
         696-C. PAYMENT OF LIVING WAGE.
         696-D. IMPLEMENTATION.
         696-E. COMMISSIONER'S POWERS OF INVESTIGATION.
         696-F. CIVIL ACTION.
   § 696-A. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL" MEANS  THE  PERSONNEL  OF  A
 SERVICE  OR AGENCY OR MUNICIPALITY OR FIRE DISTRICT ENGAGED IN PROVIDING
 INITIAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FIRST
 RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS,  ADVANCED  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
 TECHNICIANS  AND  PERSONNEL  ENGAGED IN PROVIDING HEALTH CARE AT CORREC-
 TIONAL FACILITIES, AS THAT  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF
 SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW.
   2.  "EMPLOYER"  MEANS A SERVICE, AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY, MUNICIPALITY OR
 FIRE DISTRICT ENGAGED IN PROVIDING INITIAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
   3. "EMPLOYEE" MEANS THE PERSONNEL OF A SERVICE OR  AGENCY  OR  MUNICI-
 PALITY  OR  FIRE DISTRICT ENGAGED IN PROVIDING INITIAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  FIRST  RESPONDERS,  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS, ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND PERSON-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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