Senate Bill S3004

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides benefits for injury, sickness, pregnancy or family leave

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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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2015-S3004 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Work Comp L, generally; amd §1113, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7547
2013-2014: S4742

2015-S3004 - Summary

Provides workers' compensation benefits for injury or sickness, pregnancy or family leave; applies to an employee and to family members taking family leave to care for an employee.

2015-S3004 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3004 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3004

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced   by   Sens.  ADDABBO,  AVELLA,  BRESLIN,  DILAN,  ESPAILLAT,
  HASSELL-THOMPSON,  HOYLMAN,  KENNEDY,  KRUEGER,  MONTGOMERY,   PARKER,
  PERALTA,  PERKINS, RIVERA, SAMPSON, SANDERS, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVI-
  SKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be  commit-
  ted to the Committee on Labor

AN  ACT to amend the workers' compensation law and the insurance law, in
  relation to providing benefits for injury or  sickness,  pregnancy  or
  family leave

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 76 of the  workers'  compensation
law,  as added by chapter 600 of the laws of 1949, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. The purposes of the state insurance fund herein created are  hereby
enlarged to provide [for the] insurance [by the state insurance fund of]
FOR  the payment of the benefits required by section two hundred four of
this chapter, INCLUDING BENEFITS FOR FAMILY CARE PROVIDED EITHER IN  THE
SAME  POLICY  WITH  OR IN A SEPARATE POLICY FROM BENEFITS FOR DISABILITY
RESULTING FROM INJURY, SICKNESS OR PREGNANCY  OF  AN  EMPLOYEE,  AND  AS
PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER.  A
separate fund is hereby created within the state insurance  fund,  which
shall  be  known  as  the  "disability  benefits  fund", and which shall
consist of all premiums received and paid into said fund on  account  of
such insurance, all securities acquired by and through the use of moneys
belonging  to  said fund and of interest earned upon moneys belonging to
said fund and deposited or invested as herein provided. Said  disability
benefits  fund  shall be applicable to the payment of benefits, expenses
and assessments on account of insurance written pursuant to article nine
of this chapter.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03590-01-5

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2015-S3004A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Work Comp L, generally; amd §1113, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7547
2013-2014: S4742

2015-S3004A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides workers' compensation benefits for injury or sickness, pregnancy or family leave; applies to an employee and to family members taking family leave to care for an employee.

2015-S3004A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3004A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3004--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. ADDABBO, AVELLA, BRESLIN, COMRIE, DILAN, ESPAILLAT,
  HAMILTON, HASSELL-THOMPSON,  HOYLMAN,  KENNEDY,  KRUEGER,  MONTGOMERY,
  PANEPINTO,  PARKER,  PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SERRANO, SQUA-
  DRON, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to
  be committed to the Committee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee
  on  Labor  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec. 8 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law and the insurance law,  in
  relation  to  providing  benefits for injury or sickness, pregnancy or
  family leave

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

  Section  1.   Subdivision 2 of section 76 of the workers' compensation
law, as added by chapter 600 of the laws of 1949, is amended to read  as
follows:
  2.  The purposes of the state insurance fund herein created are hereby
enlarged to provide [for the] insurance [by the state insurance fund of]
FOR the payment of the benefits required by section two hundred four  of
this  chapter, INCLUDING BENEFITS FOR FAMILY CARE PROVIDED EITHER IN THE
SAME POLICY WITH OR IN A SEPARATE POLICY FROM  BENEFITS  FOR  DISABILITY
RESULTING  FROM  INJURY,  SICKNESS  OR  PREGNANCY OF AN EMPLOYEE, AND AS
PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN-A OF THIS  CHAPTER.    A
separate  fund  is hereby created within the state insurance fund, which
shall be known as  the  "disability  benefits  fund",  and  which  shall
consist  of  all premiums received and paid into said fund on account of
such insurance, all securities acquired by and through the use of moneys
belonging to said fund and of interest earned upon moneys  belonging  to
said  fund and deposited or invested as herein provided. Said disability
benefits fund shall be applicable to the payment of  benefits,  expenses

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03590-05-6

              

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