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Assembly Bill A10404

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of caregiver for purposes of authorizing criminal history checks

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2021-A10404 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §837-n, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3421

2021-A10404 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes references to the number of hours of care provided by a caregiver each week from the definition of caregiver for purposes of authorizing criminal history checks.

2021-A10404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10404
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Zebrowski)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  the  definition  of
   caregiver for purposes of authorizing criminal history checks
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  837-n  of  the
 executive  law, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) "Caregiver" shall mean a person employed to  provide  [fifteen  or
 more  hours  of]  care  [per week] to a child or children in the home of
 such a child or children.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15277-01-2

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