| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2025 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S6408
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
Actions
2025-S6408 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §591, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
-
S6265
2025-S6408 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6408
SPONSOR: JACKSON
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to eligibility for unemploy-
ment benefits for certain New York city emergency medical services
personnel under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19)
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to allow anyone employed as an emergency
medical technician (EMT) or paramedic in New York City's 911 system that
was required to quarantine as a result of COVID-19 is not deprived of
benefits as a result of their quarantine.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new subdivision 2-a to Section 591 of the Labor Law to
provide that anyone who is employed as an EMT or paramedic in New York
City's 911 system that was required to quarantine as a result of COVID-
19 is not deprived of benefits as a result of their quarantine.
2025-S6408 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6408
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 13, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to eligibility for unemploy-
ment benefits for certain New York city emergency medical services
personnel under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 591 of the labor law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
2-A. COVID-19 QUARANTINE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW,
ANY PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR BY A HOSPITAL
WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHOSE DUTIES ARE THOSE OF AN EMERGENCY
MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
LAW) RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE CITY OF
NEW YORK'S 911 SYSTEM, WHO IS UNDER MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY QUARANTINE AS
A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19), SHALL NOT BE DEPRIVED OF BENEFIT
PAYMENTS BY REASON OF SUCH QUARANTINE. CLAIMANTS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
TO PARTICIPATE IN REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES OR USE VACATION TIME WHILE UNDER
QUARANTINE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10886-01-5
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