New York S 5540: Extends wage parity for home care workers in upstate New York

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S05540 Summary:

BILL NOS05540 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A06123

&nbsp

SPONSORSKOUFIS

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §3614-c, Pub Health L

&nbsp

Extends wage parity for home care workers in upstate New York.

Go to top S05540 Actions:

BILL NOS05540 

&nbsp

02/24/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

Go to topS05540 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS05540 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS05540 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5540

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 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

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps