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Senate Bill S8571

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to temporarily suspending debt collection during the COVID-19 covered period

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2019-S8571 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10688
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Business
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1740, A1748

2019-S8571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to temporarily suspending medical and student debt collection during the COVID-19 covered period.

2019-S8571 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8571
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT temporarily suspending medical and student debt collection during
   the COVID-19 covered period
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  For  the  purposes of this act, "COVID-19 covered period"
 means March 7, 2020 until the date on which none of the provisions  that
 closed or otherwise restricted public or private businesses or places of
 public  accommodation,  or  required postponement or cancellation of all
 non-essential gatherings of individuals of any size for  any  reason  in
 executive  orders  202.3,  202.4,  202.5,  202.6,  202.7, 202.8, 202.10,
 202.11, 202.13 or 202.14, as extended by  executive  orders  202.28  and
 202.31  and as further extended by any future executive order, issued in
 response to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to apply in the county of the
 insurer or debtors residence.
   § 2. Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,  the
 collection of medical and student debt owed to the state of New York and
 referred  to  the  office of the attorney general for collection will be
 temporarily suspended to the end of COVID-19 covered period.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16691-01-0

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