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A 6123: Extends wage parity for home care workers in upstate New York.
What A 6123 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed legislation aims to extend wage parity for home care workers in Upstate New York. The minimum rate of compensation for home care aides in counties outside of specified areas will be increased. As of October 1, 2025, the cash portion of the minimum rate will be the minimum rate for the applicable region plus an additional three dollars and twenty-two cents per hour. This change will apply to all counties in Upstate New York, effective immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6123
- What is the current status of A 6123?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 6123 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 6123 pass?
- Not yet. A 6123 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6123, and where is it now?
- A 6123 was authored by Asm. Demond Meeks with 10 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 26, 2025 · 232 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6123 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS, LUCAS, MAHER, GIBBS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, GALLAHAN, DAVILA, EPSTEIN, SANTABARBARA, SEPTIMO, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to extending wage parity for home care workers in upstate New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 3614-c of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) The minimum rate of home care aide compensation in all counties 4 other than Bronx, Queens, Kings, New York, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk and 5 Westchester shall be: 6 For all periods on or after October first, two thousand twenty-five, 7 the cash portion of the minimum rate of home care aide total compen- 8 sation shall be the minimum rate for the applicable region, as defined 9 in section thirty-six hundred fourteen-f of this article plus an addi- 10 tional three dollars and twenty-two cents per hour. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08743-01-5
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