S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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May 14, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 providing
family leave to persons recovering from the unintended intrauterine
death of a fetus that occurs after the clinical estimate of the twen-
tieth week of gestation
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; 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) TO RECOVER FROM THE
UNINTENDED INTRAUTERINE DEATH OF A FETUS THAT OCCURS AFTER THE CLINICAL
ESTIMATE OF THE TWENTIETH WEEK OF GESTATION; OR (D) because of any qual-
ifying 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14905-03-4