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S 6408: Relates to eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain New York city emergency medical services personnel under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19); provides that such employees shall not be deprived of benefit payments by reason of COVID-19 quarantine.
What S 6408 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill aims to protect certain New York City emergency medical services personnel who are under quarantine due to coronavirus (COVID-19) from being deprived of unemployment benefits. These individuals, including emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians, will not be required to participate in reemployment services or use their vacation time while under quarantine. The bill also ensures that they will not be denied unemployment benefits solely due to their quarantine status.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO LABOR (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6408
- What is the current status of S 6408?
- As of January 10, 2026, S 6408 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 6408 pass?
- Not yet. S 6408 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6408, and where is it now?
- S 6408 was authored by Sen. Robert Jackson. Its committee of record is Senate Labor.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO LABOR |
| Mar. 13, 2025 | REFERRED TO LABOR |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 13, 2025 · 268 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6408 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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 eligibility for unemploy- ment benefits for certain New York city emergency medical services personnel under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19) The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 591 of the labor law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. COVID-19 quarantine. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, 4 any person who is employed by the city of New York or by a hospital 5 within the city of New York whose duties are those of an emergency 6 medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician (as those 7 terms are defined in section three thousand one of the public health 8 law) responding to calls for emergency medical services in the city of 9 New York's 911 system, who is under mandatory or voluntary quarantine as 10 a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19), shall not be deprived of benefit 11 payments by reason of such quarantine. Claimants shall not be required 12 to participate in reemployment services or use vacation time while under 13 quarantine. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10886-01-5
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