STATE OF NEW YORK
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10859
IN ASSEMBLY
July 24, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Steck) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the opening of
indoor activities at health clubs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 632 to read as follows:
3 § 632. Reopening of health clubs. 1. County departments of health
4 shall be the reopening authority for all indoor activities in gyms and
5 fitness centers. To open for indoor activities during the COVID-19
6 pandemic, health clubs shall submit individualized plans for indoor
7 activities to the county department of health. The county department of
8 health shall review each individual plan for demonstrated safety and may
9 require additional guidelines for improved safety. To reopen for indoor
10 activities, the region where the health club is located shall be in
11 phase four or beyond, pursuant to executive order number two hundred two
12 of two thousand twenty and extensions thereof, and shall have an
13 infection rate of no more than five percent of the population of that
14 region.
15 2. No person shall enter the health club unless they are a resident of
16 the region where such health club is located, as identified by a govern-
17 ment-issued driver's license or identification card.
18 3. The responsible parties of the health club shall sanitize the
19 entire facility every twenty-four hours and shall ensure the safety of
20 guests at all times.
21 4. All individuals, including all employees, entering the health club
22 at any time shall complete a COVID-19 screening questionnaire and have
23 their temperature taken and recorded on such questionnaire. If an indi-
24 vidual answers yes to any of the questions on the screening question-
25 naire, they shall provide a COVID-19 test with a negative result, taken
26 after the date of the questionnaire, to enter the facility.
27 5. The COVID-19 screening questionnaire for health clubs shall contain
28 the information and shall be in the form set forth hereinbelow:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16971-01-0
A. 10859 2
1 COVID-19 SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HEALTH CLUBS
2 Date: ____________________________
3 1. Please enter your first and last name.
4 ____________________________
5 2. Have you experienced any respiratory or other COVID-19 related symp-
6 toms (cough, fever, sore throat, muscle pain, chills, loss of
7 taste/smell, shortness of breath, etc.) in the last 14 days?
8 Yes - No Allergies
9 Yes - Have Allergies
10 No
11 3. Have you experienced a fever over 100.4°F in the last 48 hours?
12 Yes
13 No
14 4. Current temperature: _______ °F
15 5. Have you tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days?
16 Yes
17 No
18 6. Have you been in close contact with anyone for a prolonged period of
19 time, who has a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 case in the past 14
20 days?
21 Yes
22 No
23 7. If you have answered yes to any of the questions above, you may not
24 enter these premises until you have provided this facility with a nega-
25 tive test for COVID-19 after the date of this questionnaire.
26 By checking this box you agree that the answers to the questions above
27 are true.
28 __ I Agree
29 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
30 have become a law.