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                                   10401
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 4, 2020
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMOTAS,  DenDEKKER,  ORTIZ -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to  including
   exposure to novel coronavirus, COVID-19 as an occupational disease
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 30 of subdivision 2 of section 3 of the  workers'
 compensation  law  is  renumbered paragraph 31 and a new paragraph 30 is
 added to read as follows:
 30. NOVEL CORONAVIRUS,   30. ANY AND ALL WORK THAT CAUSES WORKERS TO
 COVID-19 EXPOSURE.       BE IN CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC, PATIENTS,
                          INMATES, RESIDENTS, PAROLEES,
                          CLIENTS, STUDENTS, CUSTOMERS,
                          DINERS, PERSONS IN THE
                          CUSTODY OF THE STATE OR ANY
                          OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS,
                          OR TRAVELERS DURING AN OUTBREAK OF THE NOVEL
                          CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19; OR ANY
                          AND ALL WORK THAT COULD
                          EXPOSE WORKERS TO NOVEL
                          CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, WHICH
                          SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
                          WORK IN A HOSPITAL,
                          MEDICAL FACILITY, LABORATORY,
                          MEDICAL OFFICE, NURSING
                          HOME, CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,
                          MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, SOCIAL
                          SERVICES FACILITY, AIRPORT,
                          BUS STATION, TRAIN STATION,
                          SUBWAY STATION, PARK, RESTAURANT,
                          CAFETERIA, RETAIL
                          FACILITY, AIRPLANE, BUS, TRAIN,
                          SUBWAY, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE,
                          SCHOOL, DAYCARE FACILITY,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16203-01-0

 A. 10401                            2
 
                          CHILDCARE FACILITY, HOTEL, RESORT,
                          CASINO, CONVENTION CENTER,
                          MEETING FACILITY OR WORK FOR A
                          PUBLIC UTILITY, WORK FOR ANY BUSINESSES
                          DEEMED TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES
                          DURING AN OUTBREAK OF THE
                          NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, ANY WORK OUTSIDE
                          THE HOME DURING A PERIOD OF CLOSURE
                          OF NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES, OR PUBLIC
                          EMPLOYMENT DURING AN OUTBREAK OF
                          THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19.
   §  2. The closing paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 3 of the work-
 ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 666 of the laws of 1971, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Nothing in paragraph [thirty] THIRTY-ONE of this subdivision shall  be
 construed  to  apply  to  any  disability  or  death  due to any disease
 described in paragraph twenty-nine of this subdivision.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.