New York S 8955: Enacts the "fair pay for home care act"

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S08955 Summary:

BILL NOS08955 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01991

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BAILEY, BASKIN, BRISPORT, BROUK, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ,
 GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HELMING, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, OBERACKER,
 PALUMBO, PARKER, RAMOS, RHOADS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY,
 SUTTON, TEDISCO, WEBB, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3614-f, Pub Health L

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Enacts the "fair pay for home care act" relating to minimum wages applicable to home care aides; provides for a minimum wage of 150% of the applicable statewide or regional minimum wage.

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BILL NOS08955 

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01/21/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8955

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, COMRIE,
 COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM,
 HELMING, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, OBERACK-
 ER, PALUMBO, PARKER, RAMOS, RHOADS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVE-
 DA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, SUTTON, TEDISCO, WEBB, WEIK -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the "fair
 pay for home care act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "fair pay for home care act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 3614-f of the public health law, as
 4 amended by section 3 of part NN of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, is
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 2. (a) Beginning October first, two thousand twenty-two, in addition
 7 to the otherwise applicable minimum wage under section six hundred
 8 fifty-two of the labor law, or any otherwise applicable wage rule or
 9 order under article nineteen of the labor law, the minimum wage for a
 10 home care aide shall be increased by an amount of two dollars and zero
 11 cents.
 12 (b) [for] For the period January first, two thousand twenty-four
 13 through December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four, the minimum
 14 wage for a home care aide shall be as follows:
 15 (i) for each hour worked in downstate, eighteen dollars and fifty-five
 16 cents; and
 17 (ii) for each hour worked in remainder of state, seventeen dollars and
 18 fifty-five cents;
 19 (c) [for] For the period January first, two thousand twenty-five
 20 through [December thirty-first] April first, two thousand twenty-five,
 21 the minimum wage for a home care aide shall be as follows:
 22 (i) for each hour worked in downstate, nineteen dollars and ten cents;
 23 and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05278-01-5

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 1 (ii) for each hour worked in remainder of state, eighteen dollars and
 2 ten cents;
 3 (d) [for] For the period [January first, two thousand twenty-six
 4 through December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, the minimum wage
 5 for a home care aide shall be as follows:
 6 (i) for each hour worked in downstate, nineteen dollars and sixty-five
 7 cents; and
 8 (ii) for each hour worked in remainder of state, eighteen dollars and
 9 sixty-five cents;
 10 (e) beginning January first, two thousand twenty-seven, and each Janu-
 11 ary first thereafter, the minimum wage for a home care aide shall be the
 12 sum of the minimum wage for a home care aide from the prior calendar
 13 year and the home care worker wage adjustment.
 14 (f) (i) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in no
 15 event shall the minimum wage for a home care aide in downstate exceed
 16 the sum of the wage set by the commissioner of labor pursuant to para-
 17 graph (a) of subdivision one-b of section six hundred fifty-two of the
 18 labor law plus three dollars and zero cents.
 19 (ii) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in no event
 20 shall the minimum wage for a h