Enacts the "9/11 notice act"; provides for notice to past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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75--B
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 4, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, GIBBS, AUBRY, SANTABARBARA, GUNTHER,
CRUZ, McDONOUGH, BRABENEC, BEEPHAN, DeSTEFANO, SLATER, FLOOD -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with
amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to notification of
past and present businesses and their employees of potential eligibil-
ity for the September eleventh victim compensation fund and the World
Trade Center health program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "9/11
2 notice act".
3 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
4 rr to read as follows:
5 § 399-rr. September eleventh victim compensation fund and World Trade
6 Center health program notification. 1. Definitions. For the purposes
7 of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
8 (a) the "eligible time period" and "notice area" shall be the same as
9 provided for in the September eleventh victim compensation fund pursuant
10 to 49 USC 40101 and World Trade Center health program pursuant to 42 USC
11 300mm.
12 (b) the "September eleventh victim compensation fund" shall be the
13 September eleventh victim compensation fund established under the Air
14 Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 USC 40101).
15 (c) the "World Trade Center health program" shall be the World Trade
16 Center health program established under 42 USC 300mm.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01787-08-3
A. 75--B 2
1 2. The department of economic development shall, in consultation with
2 the department of labor and any other appropriate state or municipal
3 entity, develop rules and regulations necessary to promote awareness and
4 notification to any past or present businesses and their employees which
5 operated within the New York city disaster area during the eligible time
6 period of their potential eligibility under the September eleventh
7 victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program. This
8 subdivision shall apply to both current and former employees. The
9 department of economic development shall determine the most appropriate
10 message and format that the state agencies may use to assist potentially
11 eligible employers and employees with such awareness or notification.
12 3. The department of economic development shall be authorized to
13 consult with the special master of the September eleventh victim compen-
14 sation fund and the program administrator of the World Trade Center
15 health program relating to matters including, but not limited to,
16 messaging and format to be used in the promotion of the September elev-
17 enth victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program
18 and if the messages should be tailored for the specific geographic areas
19 covered by the World Trade Center health program in a different manner
20 than those covered by both the World Trade Center health program and the
21 September eleventh victim compensation fund.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect on the two hundred seventieth day
23 after it shall have become a law.
