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Senate Bill S1349

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes additional paid leave for health related services for certain employees

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2019-S1349 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §242, Mil L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S9034

2019-S1349 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to authorizing additional paid leave for health related services for certain employees not employed by the state who served in a combat theater or combat zone of operations.

2019-S1349 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1349 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1349
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing  additional
   paid leave for health related services for certain employees

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 242 of the military law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) PUBLIC OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES,  AS  DEFINED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION, WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF
 NEW YORK AND THEREFORE NOT ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS CONTAINED  IN  PARA-
 GRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, WHO HAVE SERVED IN A COMBAT THEATER OR
 COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS AS DOCUMENTED BY A COPY OF HIS OR  HER  DD214,
 CERTIFICATE  OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY, OR OTHER APPLICA-
 BLE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOCUMENTATION, MAY BE ENTITLED  TO  ADDITIONAL
 PAID LEAVE FOR HEALTH RELATED SERVICES RELATED TO DUTY IN A COMBAT THEA-
 TER  OR  COMBAT  ZONE OF OPERATIONS.   THE GOVERNING BODY OF A MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION MAY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, ADOPT A RESOLUTION OR LOCAL LAW
 PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE SALARY OR OTHER  COMPENSATION  OF  SUCH
 PUBLIC  OFFICERS  OR  EMPLOYEES FOR ANY AND ALL PERIODS OF ABSENCE WHILE
 UTILIZING HEALTHCARE RELATED SERVICES RELATED TO DUTY IN A COMBAT  THEA-
 TER  OR  COMBAT  ZONE OF OPERATIONS, NOT EXCEEDING FIVE WORKING DAYS, IN
 ANY ONE CALENDAR YEAR. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW  OR  RESOLUTION  ADOPTED  MUST
 APPLY  TO  BOTH  COMBAT  THEATER  VETERANS AND COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS
 VETERANS EMPLOYED BY SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner as section 1 of chapter 406 of the laws of 2017, takes effect.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01659-01-9

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