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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2946--B
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said  commit-
          tee  and  committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, 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.
    17    2.  The department of economic development shall, in consultation with
    18  the department of labor and any other  appropriate  state  or  municipal
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01787-09-3
        S. 2946--B                          2
 
     1  entity, develop rules and regulations necessary to promote awareness and
     2  notification to any past or present businesses and their employees which
     3  operated within the New York city disaster area during the eligible time
     4  period  of  their  potential  eligibility  under  the September eleventh
     5  victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program. This
     6  subdivision shall apply  to  both  current  and  former  employees.  The
     7  department  of economic development shall determine the most appropriate
     8  message and format that the state agencies may use to assist potentially
     9  eligible employers and employees with such awareness or notification.
    10    3. The department of  economic  development  shall  be  authorized  to
    11  consult with the special master of the September eleventh victim compen-
    12  sation  fund  and  the  program  administrator of the World Trade Center
    13  health program relating  to  matters  including,  but  not  limited  to,
    14  messaging  and format to be used in the promotion of the September elev-
    15  enth victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health  program
    16  and if the messages should be tailored for the specific geographic areas
    17  covered  by  the World Trade Center health program in a different manner
    18  than those covered by both the World Trade Center health program and the
    19  September eleventh victim compensation fund.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect on  the  two  hundred  seventieth  day
    21  after it shall have become a law.