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Senate Bill S5805

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain employers to register with the office of information technology services alert system

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2019-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §219-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3946
2023-2024: S2299

2019-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring certain employers to register with the office of information technology services alert system to facilitate the timely distribution of information from the state concerning critical information about emergency incidents or occurrences which pose a potential imminent threat to the health or safety of the employees of such employers.

2019-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5805
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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 requiring certain  employ-
   ers to register for emergency alerts from the state of New York public
   safety alert mass notification system

   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 section  219-d  to
 read as follows:
   §  219-D. EMERGENCY ALERT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM REQUIRED EMPLOYER REGIS-
 TRATION. 1. EACH EMPLOYER LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE THAT EMPLOYS FIVE  OR
 MORE  EMPLOYEES,  SHALL  REGISTER  WITH  THE STATE OFFICE OF INFORMATION
 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ALERT SYSTEM KNOWN AS ALERT.NY.GOV TO FACILITATE THE
 TIMELY DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION FROM THE  STATE  CONCERNING  CRITICAL
 INFORMATION ABOUT EMERGENCY INCIDENTS OR OCCURRENCES WHICH POSE A POTEN-
 TIAL  IMMINENT  THREAT  TO THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF THE EMPLOYEES OF SUCH
 EMPLOYERS.
   2. EACH EMPLOYER SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION,  AFTER  RECEIVING  AN  ALERT
 NOTIFICATION  FROM  SUCH  MASS  ALERT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, SHALL DISSEM-
 INATE, WHEN APPROPRIATE, INFORMATION RELATING TO SUCH NOTIFICATION IN  A
 TIMELY  MANNER  TO EACH EMPLOYEE AND SHALL DO SO THROUGH AT LEAST ONE OF
 THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION METHODS:
   (A) AUTOMATED DELIVERY OF TEXT MESSAGES;
   (B) PHONE CALLS; OR
   (C) ELECTRONIC MAIL.
   3. EACH EMPLOYER SUBJECT TO THIS  SECTION  SHALL  CREATE  A  PLAN  AND
 PROCEDURES  FOR  DETERMINING WHEN DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IS APPRO-
 PRIATE, HOW TO DISSEMINATE SUCH INFORMATION, AND  ANY  ACTION  THAT  THE
 EMPLOYER SHALL TAKE IN RESPONSE TO SUCH INFORMATION IN ORDER TO PRESERVE
 THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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