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Senate Bill S7860

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to paid family leave and siblings

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2019-S7860 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3640
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S2928, A6098

2019-S7860 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S7860 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7860 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7860
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 26, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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

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