Assembly Bill A4019

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows attendance at individualized education program (IEP) meetings to be covered under paid family leave

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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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2025-A4019 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7831

2025-A4019 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows attendance at individualized education program (IEP) meetings to be covered under paid family leave.

2025-A4019 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4019
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, SEAWRIGHT -- 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 individualized education program (IEP) meetings
 
   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 AND INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM (IEP) MEETINGS,
 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) 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. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, CARE FOR A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE EMPLOYEE  MADE  NECES-
 SARY  BY  A  SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITION SHALL INCLUDE UP TO THREE HOURS OF
 ATTENDANCE FOR EACH INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM (IEP) MEETING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06193-01-5

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