STATE OF NEW YORK
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8373
IN SENATE
May 19, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to provide small businesses affected by COVID-19 an additional 90
days to pay certain premiums for workers' compensation insurance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra-
2 ry, for the duration of any mandatory or precautionary order of quaran-
3 tine or isolation issued through an executive order from the governor or
4 by the state of New York, the department of health, local board of
5 health, or any governmental entity duly authorized to issue such order
6 due to COVID-19, small businesses shall have an additional 90 days to
7 pay any workers' compensation insurance premiums which become due during
8 such time. Non-payment of such premiums shall not constitute grounds for
9 cancellation of any workers' compensation insurance policy. For purposes
10 of this act, "small business" shall mean a business which is resident in
11 this state, independently owned and operated and who employs one hundred
12 full-time equivalent employees or less.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16371-01-0
