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Assembly Bill A5319A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides family leave to persons recovering from a stillbirth that occurs after the clinical estimate of the twentieth week of gestation

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2025-A5319 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4468
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9635, S9388

2025-A5319 - Summary

Expands the definition of "family leave" to include persons recovering from a stillbirth that occurs after the clinical estimate of the twentieth week of gestation.

2025-A5319 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5319
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred 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.
                                                            LBD08434-01-5

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2025-A5319A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4468
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9635, S9388

2025-A5319A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of "family leave" to include persons recovering from a stillbirth that occurs after the clinical estimate of the twentieth week of gestation.

2025-A5319A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5319--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing
   family leave to persons recovering from a stillbirth that occurs after
   the clinical estimate of the twentieth 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  A
 STILLBIRTH THAT OCCURS AFTER THE CLINICAL ESTIMATE OF THE TWENTIETH WEEK
 OF  GESTATION;  OR (D) 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.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08434-02-5

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