Assembly Bill A6605

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing paid family leave for bereavement

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A6605 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6116
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§201, 205 & 217, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10639, S8380
2019-2020: A6891, A10272, S4694
2021-2022: A2534, S6032

2023-A6605 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes paid family leave for bereavement beginning in 2025.

2023-A6605 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6605
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. REYES, CLARK -- 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 bereavement
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 15 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:
   15. "Family leave" shall mean any leave  taken  by  an  employee  from
 work:    (a)  to  participate  in  providing care, including physical or
 psychological care, for a family member of the employee  made  necessary
 by a serious health condition of the family member INCLUDING BEREAVEMENT
 UPON THE DEATH OF SUCH FAMILY MEMBER; or (b) to bond with the employee's
 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; or (c) because of any qualifying exigency
 as  interpreted  under  the  family  and medical leave act, 29 U.S.C.S §
 2612(a)(1)(e) and 29 C.F.R. S.825.126(a)(1)-(8), arising out of the fact
 that the spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the  employee  is
 on  active  duty  (or has been notified of an impending call or order to
 active duty) in the armed forces of the  United  States;  OR  (D)  LEAVE
 TAKEN  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  BEREAVEMENT  DUE TO THE DEATH OF A FAMILY
 MEMBER.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section  205  of  the  workers'
 compensation  law, as added by section 6 of part SS of chapter 54 of the
 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) For any period of family leave  wherein  the  notice  and  medical
 certification,  OR DEATH CERTIFICATE, as prescribed by the chair has not
 been filed. At the discretion of the chair or chair's designee  pursuant
 to section two hundred twenty-one of this article, the family member who
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05709-01-3
              

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