Senate Bill S2703

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides benefits to Metro-North employees involved in or who witness a serious injury or fatality of another person in the course of an assigned duty

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S2703 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6408
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1266-m, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6490

2023-S2703 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides benefits to Metro-North employees involved in or who witness a serious injury or fatality of another person in the course of an assigned duty.

2023-S2703 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2703 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2703
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  providing
   benefits to Metro-North employees involved in or who witness a serious
   injury or fatality of another person in the course of an assigned duty

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1266-m to read as follows:
   §  1266-M.  BENEFITS  FOR EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN OR WHO WITNESS SERIOUS
 INJURIES OR FATALITIES OF ANOTHER PERSON IN THE COURSE  OF  AN  ASSIGNED
 DUTY.  1.  FOR ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY
 WHO WITNESSES OR IS OTHERWISE INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS INJURY  OR  FATALITY
 OF  ANOTHER  PERSON  THROUGH  THE  COURSE  OF  HIS OR HER ASSIGNED DUTY,
 METRO-NORTH SHALL PROVIDE MANDATORY BENEFITS, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED
 TO:
   (A)  SEVEN CONSECUTIVE WORKING DAYS OF PAID LEAVE, BEGINNING THE IMME-
 DIATE SUBSEQUENT DAY THE EMPLOYEE IS SCHEDULED TO  WORK,  EXCLUDING  THE
 EMPLOYEE'S REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAYS OFF;
   (B) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING COUNSELING, AT THE OPTION OF THE
 EMPLOYEE; AND
   (C)  A MANDATORY MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATION CONDUCTED BY THE EMPLOYEE'S
 HEALTH CARE PROVIDER BEFORE BEING APPROVED TO RETURN TO WORK, WITH UP TO
 FOUR ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF PAID LEAVE, IF RECOMMENDED BY HIS OR HER HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDER.
   2. SUCH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE COMPENSATED BY METRO-NORTH AT AN AMOUNT  NOT
 LESS  THAN  THE  EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE EARNED ON THE ASSIGNMENT THEY WOULD
 HAVE WORKED UNTIL SUCH EMPLOYEE HAS USED HIS OR HER  FULL  ALLOTMENT  OF
 MANDATED TIME OFF PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07103-01-3

              

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