S 5360: Directs the commissioner of labor, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, to develop a program which incentivizes unemployed individuals to enter jobs in healthcare.
What S 5360 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill aims to establish a program that incentivizes unemployed individuals to enter jobs in the healthcare field. The program will identify positions with substantial staff shortages in the state and provide expedited training and certification processes for those positions. The program will be available to claimants who are eligible, and information about it will be made available on the department's website. The program will be established within a certain timeframe, and the list of positions with staff shortages will be updated annually and published on the department's website.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO LABOR (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5360
- What is the current status of S 5360?
- As of January 10, 2026, S 5360 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 LABOR".
- Did S 5360 pass?
- Not yet. S 5360 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5360, and where is it now?
- S 5360 was authored by Sen. Leroy Comrie with 8 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Labor. It is filed under Labor, alongside 46 other New York Labor bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO LABOR |
| Feb. 20, 2025 | REFERRED TO LABOR |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 20, 2025 · 315 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5360 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, BRISPORT, BROUK, COONEY, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, MAY, PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing a program to incentivize unemployed individuals to enter jobs in healthcare The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 599 of the labor law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Establishing eligible training programs and recruitment in the 4 healthcare field. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commis- 5 sioner of health, shall maintain a list of positions in the healthcare 6 field in which there are substantial staff shortages statewide and per 7 region of the state, that is updated at least once every calendar year. 8 Such list shall be established within sixty days of the effective date 9 of this subdivision and shall be published on the department's website. 10 (b) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, 11 shall establish a program eligible under this section that provides 12 expedited training and certification processes for the healthcare posi- 13 tions on the list established pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivi- 14 sion that would be available to claimants eligible under this section. 15 The department shall make information about such program available on 16 its website. Such program shall be established within one hundred eighty 17 days of the effective date of this subdivision. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09523-01-5
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