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Assembly Bill A5889

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the worker healthcare protection act

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2025-A5889 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §268-i, Pub Health L

2025-A5889 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enacting the worker healthcare protection act, for New Yorkers who lose health care coverage from an employer or a joint labor management trust as a result of an active strike, lockout, or other labor dispute.

2025-A5889 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5889
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the work-
   er health care protection act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as the "worker
 health care protection act".
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 268-i to
 read as follows:
   § 268-I. WORKER HEALTH CARE PROTECTION ACT. 1. ON  OR  BEFORE  JANUARY
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN,  THE  MARKETPLACE SHALL ESTABLISH A
 WORKER HEALTH PLAN ACCESS PROGRAM TO ASSIST NEW YORKERS WHO LOSE  HEALTH
 CARE  COVERAGE PROVIDED BY AN EMPLOYER OR A JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT TRUST
 AS A RESULT OF AN ACTIVE STRIKE, LOCKOUT, OR OTHER LABOR DISPUTE.
   2. SUBJECT TO THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  FUNDING,  THE  MARKETPLACE  SHALL
 PROVIDE  ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE TO HELP MAINTAIN COVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS
 AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO:
   (A) PROVIDE A SELF-ATTESTATION REGARDING  LOSS  OF  MINIMUM  ESSENTIAL
 HEALTH  CARE  COVERAGE  FROM AN EMPLOYER OR JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT TRUST
 FUND AS A RESULT OF AN ACTIVE STRIKE, LOCKOUT, OR OTHER  LABOR  DISPUTE;
 AND
   (B) ARE ELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE OFFERED THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE.
   3.  THE  MARKETPLACE  MAY  REQUEST  FROM AN APPLICABLE EMPLOYER, LABOR
 ORGANIZATION, OR OTHER APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIVE INFORMATION TO  DETER-
 MINE  THE  STATUS  OF A STRIKE, LOCKOUT, OR LABOR DISPUTE, ITS IMPACT TO
 COVERAGE, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION DETERMINED  BY  THE  MARKETPLACE  AS
 NECESSARY  TO CONDUCT OUTREACH AND DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL AND
 STATE SUBSIDIES OFFERED THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE. AN APPLICABLE EMPLOYER,
 LABOR ORGANIZATION, OR OTHER APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIVE SHALL PROVIDE TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07333-01-5
 A. 5889                             2

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