A02880 Summary:

BILL NOA02880
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02175
 
SPONSORRajkumar
 
COSPNSRCruz, Sillitti, Buttenschon, Jacobson, Ardila, Shrestha, Rozic, Alvarez, Gallagher, Hevesi, Slater, Bendett, Maher, Jensen, Beephan, Manktelow, DeStefano, Simon, Raga, Gunther, Burgos, Burdick, Ramos, Clark, Reyes, Durso, McDonough, Novakhov, Morinello, Forrest, Carroll, Steck, Thiele, Aubry, Simone, Zinerman, Seawright, Jean-Pierre, Lavine, Jones, De Los Santos, Davila, Mamdani, Cunningham, Dickens, Sayegh, Septimo, Kelles, Darling, Eachus, Chang, Tague, Tannousis, Gandolfo, Byrnes, Shimsky, Pirozzolo, Ra, Levenberg, Barclay, Tapia, McMahon, Bores, Vanel, Colton, Rosenthal L, Anderson, Wallace, Taylor, Stern, Lunsford, Pretlow, Eichenstein, Flood, McGowan, Simpson, Giglio JA, Smith, Brabenec, Miller, Gray, Blumencranz, Lemondes, Palmesano, Kim, Chandler-Waterman, Fahy, Giglio JM, Weprin, Mitaynes, Jackson, Walsh, Bichotte Hermelyn, Meeks, Epstein, O'Donnell, Bronson, McDonald, Lee
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §201, Work Comp L
 
Provides for paid family leave after a stillbirth.
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A02880 Actions:

BILL NOA02880
 
01/31/2023referred to labor
05/30/2023amend (t) and recommit to labor
05/30/2023print number 2880a
06/05/2023amend by restoring to original print 2880
01/03/2024referred to labor
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A02880 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2880
 
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: This bill provides for paid family leave following the stillbirth of a child.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends the workers' compensation law to include "recovery after a stillbirth" as a qualifying condition for family leave. Section two establishes the effective date.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): Click here to enter text.   JUSTIFICATION: According to the Center for Disease Control, stillbirth affects about 1 in 160 births, and each year about 24,000 babies are stillborn in the United States. The loss of a baby due to a stillbirth remains a tragic reality for many and takes a serious mental and physical toll on an individual and on a family. This legislation would amend the workers' compensation law to include the birth of a stillborn child as a qualify- ing condition for family leave in New York State. Allowing individuals who lose a child to take time to grieve and come to terms with a life- altering loss is critical to the healing process.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the first of January following the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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A02880 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2880
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 31, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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
    15  on  active  duty  (or has been notified of an impending call or order to
    16  active duty) in the armed forces of the United States.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January following  the
    18  first  of  September  next  succeeding  the  date on which it shall have
    19  become a law and shall  apply  to  all  policies  or  contracts  issued,
    20  renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02942-01-3
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A02880 LFIN:

 NO LFIN
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