S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1467
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, CRUZ, BUTTENSCHON, JACOBSON, SHRESTHA,
ROZIC, ALVAREZ, GALLAGHER, HEVESI, SLATER, BENDETT, MAHER, JENSEN,
BEEPHAN, MANKTELOW, DeSTEFANO, SIMON, RAGA, BURDICK, RAMOS, CLARK,
REYES, DURSO, McDONOUGH, NOVAKHOV, MORINELLO, FORREST, R. CARROLL,
STECK, SIMONE, ZINERMAN, SEAWRIGHT, JONES, DE LOS SANTOS, DAVILA,
MAMDANI, CUNNINGHAM, SAYEGH, SEPTIMO, KELLES, EACHUS, CHANG, TAGUE,
TANNOUSIS, GANDOLFO, SHIMSKY, PIROZZOLO, RA, LEVENBERG, BARCLAY,
TAPIA, McMAHON, BORES, VANEL, COLTON, ROSENTHAL, ANDERSON, TAYLOR,
STERN, LUNSFORD, EICHENSTEIN, SIMPSON, GIGLIO, SMITH, BRABENEC, MILL-
ER, GRAY, BLUMENCRANZ, LEMONDES, PALMESANO, KIM, CHANDLER-WATERMAN,
WEPRIN, MITAYNES, JACKSON, WALSH, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, MEEKS, EPSTEIN,
BRONSON, LEE, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Labor
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing
for paid family leave following a stillbirth
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
AFTER A STILLBIRTH; OR (D) because of any qualifying exigency as inter-
preted 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02359-01-5
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