assembly Bill A3640

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to paid family leave and siblings

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Jan 08, 2020 referred to labor
Jan 30, 2019 referred to labor

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A3640 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7860
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A6098, S2928

A3640 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds siblings to the definition of family member for the purposes of paid family leave.

A3640 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  3640

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to paid fami-
  ly leave and siblings

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

  Section  1. Section 201 of the workers' compensation law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
  24. "SIBLING" MEANS A BIOLOGICAL OR ADOPTED SIBLING, A HALF-SIBLING OR
STEPSIBLING.
  § 2. Subdivision 20 of section 201 of the workers'  compensation  law,
as  added  by section 2 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is
amended to read as follows:
  20. "Family member" means a child,  parent,  grandparent,  grandchild,
SIBLING, spouse, or domestic partner as defined in this section.
  §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law and shall apply to all policies or  contracts  issued,
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.
                                                           LBD06086-01-9