Senate Bill S1824

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to temporary disability benefits and provides benefit for family care

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1824 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Work Comp L, generally; amd §1113, Ins L

2009-S1824 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to temporary disability benefits and provides benefit for family care.

2009-S1824 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1824 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1824

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. MORAHAN, BONACIC, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law and the insurance law,  in
  relation  to  temporary disability benefits and providing benefits for
  family care

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision 9 of section 201 of the workers' compensation
law is amended by adding a new paragraph C to read as follows:
  C. "DISABILITY" ALSO INCLUDES FAMILY CARE, AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
FIFTEEN OF THIS SECTION. UNLESS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE, ALL
PROVISIONS  OF THIS ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO DISABILITY SHALL APPLY TO BOTH
DISABILITY ARISING FROM SICKNESS AND INJURY, AND TO FAMILY CARE.
  S 2. Subdivision 14 of section 201 of the workers'  compensation  law,
as added by chapter 600 of the laws of 1949 and as renumbered by chapter
438 of the laws of 1964, is amended to read as follows:
  14.  "A  day  of  disability"  means any day on which the employee was
prevented from performing work because of disability, INCLUDING ANY  DAY
ON  WHICH  THE EMPLOYEE TOOK OFF FOR FAMILY CARE, and for which [he] THE
EMPLOYEE has not received his OR HER regular remuneration.
  S 3. Section 201 of the workers' compensation law is amended by adding
nine new subdivisions 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 to  read  as
follows:
  15. "FAMILY CARE" SHALL MEAN ANY LEAVE TAKEN BY AN EMPLOYEE FROM WORK:
  A.  TO PARTICIPATE IN PROVIDING CARE, INCLUDING PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOG-
ICAL CARE, FOR A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE EMPLOYEE MADE NECESSARY BY A SERI-
OUS HEALTH CONDITION OF THE FAMILY MEMBER; OR
  B. TO BOND WITH HIS OR HER CHILD DURING THE FIRST TWELVE MONTHS  AFTER
THE CHILD'S BIRTH, OR THE FIRST TWELVE MONTHS AFTER THE PLACEMENT OF THE
CHILD FOR ADOPTION OR FOSTER CARE WITH THE EMPLOYEE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08050-01-9

              

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