New York A08615 prohibits health care employers from requiring nurses to work beyond their regularly scheduled hours, including home care visits.

New York A08615 amends the labor law and education law to prohibit health care employers from requiring nurses to work beyond their regularly scheduled hours, including regularly scheduled home care visits. The bill defines "nurse" as a registered professional nurse or a licensed practical nurse who provides direct patient care. It also specifies that the refusal of a nurse to work beyond their regularly scheduled hours, including home care visits, shall not constitute patient abandonment or neglect unless specific circumstances apply.

New York A08615 prohibits health care employers from requiring nurses to work beyond their regularly scheduled hours, including home care visits.

New York A08615 amends the labor law and education law to prohibit health care employers from requiring nurses to work beyond their regularly scheduled hours, including regularly scheduled home care visits. The bill defines "nurse" as a registered professional nurse or a licensed practical nurse who provides direct patient care. It also specifies that the refusal of a nurse to work beyond their regularly scheduled hours, including home care visits, shall not constitute patient abandonment or neglect unless specific circumstances apply.