New York A 5761: Provides for paid family leave following pregnancy outcome

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A05761 Summary:

BILL NOA05761 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRMamdani, Rosenthal

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §201, Work Comp L

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Provides for paid family leave following the outcome of a pregnancy, including a stillbirth, miscarriage or abortion.

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BILL NOA05761 

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02/20/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5761

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, MAMDANI, ROSENTHAL -- 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 any pregnancy outcome

 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; (d) to recover after a miscarriage; (e) to recover
 12 after an abortion; or (f) because of any qualifying exigency as inter-
 13 preted under the family and medical leave act, 29 U.S.C.S §
 14 2612(a)(1)(e) and 29 C.F.R. S.825.126(a)(1)-(8), arising out of the fact
 15 that the spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee is
 16 on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to
 17 active duty) in the armed forces of the United States.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 19 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10036-01-5

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