New York S 4463: Relates to paid family leave after a stillbirth

Status: REFERRED TO LABOR (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4463

Sponsors: Shelley Mayer, Lea Webb, Patricia Fahy

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S04463 Summary:

BILL NOS04463 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01467

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRFAHY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §201, Work Comp L

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Provides for paid family leave after a stillbirth.

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02/05/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4463

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 5, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MAYER, WEBB -- 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
 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:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 201 of the workers' compensation
 2 law, as added by section 2 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 15. "Family leave" shall mean any leave taken by an employee from
 5 work: (a) to participate in providing care, including physical or
 6 psychological care, for a family member of the employee made necessary
 7 by a serious health condition of the family member; [or] (b) to bond
 8 with the employee's child during the first twelve months after the
 9 child's birth, or the first twelve months after the placement of the
 10 child for adoption or foster care with the employee; [or] (c) to recover
 11 after a stillbirth; or (d) because of any qualifying exigency as inter-
 12 preted under the family and medical leave act, 29 U.S.C.S §
 13 2612(a)(1)(e) and 29 C.F.R. S.825.126(a)(1)-(8), arising out of the fact
 14 that the spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee is
 15 on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to
 16 active duty) in the armed forces of the United States.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January following the
 18 first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have
 19 become a law and shall apply to all policies or contracts issued,
 20 renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02359-01-5

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