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Assembly Bill A1587
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A1587 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A1587 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the president of the civil service commission to establish rules and regulations to provide for paid leave for public officers and employees to care for a parent or elder relative; provides that leave granted pursuant to this act shall not be a charge against any other leave such public officer or employee is entitled to.
2009-A1587 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1587 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, J. RIVERA, SWEENEY, TITUS, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, CAHILL, COLTON, GREENE, PERRY, PHEFFER, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to paid leave to care for a parent or elder relative THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that there is need for wage replacement for workers who take time off from work to care for a sick or chronically ill parent or elder relative and that this need will become exacerbated as the population of senior citi- zens needing care increases in relation to the number of working age adults. Without adequate support, a caregiver is at risk of experiencing "caregiver burnout", a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion that can occur when caregivers do not get the help they need. Caregivers who are burned out often experience fatigue, stress, anxiety, and depression, causing the caregiver's personal relationships and work performance to suffer. The link between caregiver stress and their own physical and mental health problems has long been established. In order to assist and support those employees who are undertaking the challenge of caring for aged family which saves the state over eleven billion dollars per year in health care costs, the legislature hereby provides that paid leave for a period of up to thirty days shall be provided to employees of the state who are caring for a sick parent or elder rela- tive. S 2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 159-d to read as follows: S 159-D. PAID LEAVE TO CARE FOR A PARENT OR ELDER RELATIVE. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PARENT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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