New York S 8587: Declares agreements exempting employers from liability for negligence related to the COVID-19 pandemic void and unenforceable

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S08587 Summary:

BILL NOS08587A

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SAME ASSAME AS A09245-A

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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COSPNSRGALLIVAN, OBERACKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Ren §2500-h to be §2500-h-1, amd §2500-h-1, Pub Health L

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Requires child day care centers to have epinephrine devices and staff trained to use them on site in case of anaphylaxis or other severe allergic reaction.

Go to top S08587 Actions:

BILL NOS08587A

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11/19/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/20/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/20/2026PRINT NUMBER 8587A

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1381

06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9245A

&nbspA09245 AMEND=A Rosenthal

&nbsp11/07/2025referred to health

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to health

&nbsp05/20/2026amend and recommit to health

&nbsp05/20/2026print number 9245a

&nbsp05/27/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/03/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/03/2026reported 

&nbsp06/03/2026rules report cal.409

&nbsp06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.409

&nbsp06/03/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/03/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp06/03/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8587A

&nbsp06/03/20263RD READING CAL.1381

&nbsp06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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Go to topS08587 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8587--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 November 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring epineph-
 rine devices for anaphylaxis and staff trained to use them at child
 day care centers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 2500-h of the public health law, as amended by
 2 chapter 254 of the laws of 2019, is renumbered section 2500-h-1.
 3 § 2. Paragraphs (b), (e), and (f) of subdivision 2 and subdivision 3
 4 of section 2500-h-1 of the public health law, as amended and paragraph
 5 (f) of subdivision 2 as added by chapter 254 of the laws of 2019 and
 6 such section as renumbered by section one of this act, are amended, four
 7 new paragraphs (b-1), (g), (h), and (i) are added to subdivision 2 and a
 8 new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
 9 (b) a training course for appropriate school and child day care
 10 personnel for preventing and responding to anaphylaxis. The commission-
 11 er shall, in consultation with the commissioner of children and family
 12 services and the commissioner of education, consider existing training
 13 programs for responding to anaphylaxis in order to avoid duplicative
 14 training requirements. Such pre-existing program shall fulfill the
 15 requirement for a training course pursuant to this subdivision if the
 16 standards of such pre-existing program are deemed by the commissioner to
 17 be at least as stringent as the standards promulgated by the commission-
 18 er in the development of the training course by the state.
 19 (b-1) the requirement that at least one staff member trained to admin-
 20 ister an epinephrine device shall be present at all times at all child
 21 day care facilities while any children are present. Such training shall
 22 be completed in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner in
 23 regulation, and shall include, but not be limited to:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13596-06-6

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 1 (i) how to recognize the signs and symptoms of severe allergic
 2 reactions and anaphylaxis;
 3 (ii) the recommended weight-based dosage of epinephrine devices for
 4 infants, toddlers, children, and adults;
 5 (iii) standards and procedures for the storage and use of epinephrine
 6 devices; and
 7 (iv) emergenc