NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1467
SPONSOR: Rajkumar TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing
for paid family leave following a stillbirth
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To provide Paid Family Leave for serious health conditions caused by or
in connection with a pregnancy.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill would amend the Workers' Compensation
Law to include a serious health condition caused by or in connection
with a pregnancy as a qualifying condition for Paid Family Leave.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill would allow parents and family members to use Paid Family
Leave when recovering from a serious health condition related to preg-
nancy, such as stillbirth and miscarriage. This legislation is crucial,
as such conditions and loss are often sudden and take a significant
emotional and physical toll on parents and family members. While fami-
lies cope with these conditions and medical procedures, they need to
receive time and monetary support afforded through Paid Family Leave.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A2880 (2023) Referred to labor.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None to the State.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The bill would take effect on the first of January following the first
of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a
law and would apply to all policies or contracts issued, renewed, modi-
fied, altered or amended on or after such date.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1467
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, CRUZ, BUTTENSCHON, JACOBSON, SHRESTHA,
ROZIC, ALVAREZ, GALLAGHER, HEVESI, SLATER, BENDETT, MAHER, JENSEN,
BEEPHAN, MANKTELOW, DeSTEFANO, SIMON, RAGA, BURDICK, RAMOS, CLARK,
REYES, DURSO, McDONOUGH, NOVAKHOV, MORINELLO, FORREST, R. CARROLL,
STECK, SIMONE, ZINERMAN, SEAWRIGHT, JONES, DE LOS SANTOS, DAVILA,
MAMDANI, CUNNINGHAM, SAYEGH, SEPTIMO, KELLES, EACHUS, CHANG, TAGUE,
TANNOUSIS, GANDOLFO, SHIMSKY, PIROZZOLO, RA, LEVENBERG, BARCLAY,
TAPIA, McMAHON, BORES, VANEL, COLTON, ROSENTHAL, ANDERSON, TAYLOR,
STERN, LUNSFORD, EICHENSTEIN, SIMPSON, GIGLIO, SMITH, BRABENEC, MILL-
ER, GRAY, BLUMENCRANZ, LEMONDES, PALMESANO, KIM, CHANDLER-WATERMAN,
WEPRIN, MITAYNES, JACKSON, WALSH, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, MEEKS, EPSTEIN,
BRONSON, LEE, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Labor
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing
for paid family leave following a stillbirth
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 201 of the workers' compensation
2 law, as added by section 2 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 15. "Family leave" shall mean any leave taken by an employee from
5 work: (a) to participate in providing care, including physical or
6 psychological care, for a family member of the employee made necessary
7 by a serious health condition of the family member; [or] (b) to bond
8 with the employee's child during the first twelve months after the
9 child's birth, or the first twelve months after the placement of the
10 child for adoption or foster care with the employee; [or] (c) to recover
11 after a stillbirth; or (d) because of any qualifying exigency as inter-
12 preted under the family and medical leave act, 29 U.S.C.S §
13 2612(a)(1)(e) and 29 C.F.R. S.825.126(a)(1)-(8), arising out of the fact
14 that the spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee is
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to
2 active duty) in the armed forces of the United States.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January following the
4 first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have
5 become a law and shall apply to all policies or contracts issued,
6 renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date.
