New York A 8393: Relates to disability benefits for pregnancy loss

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A08393 Summary:

BILL NOA08393 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06141

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSRSteck

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§201 & 204, Work Comp L

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Provides for disability benefits for pregnancy loss.

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BILL NOA08393 

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05/13/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8393

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, STECK -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing
 disability benefits for pregnancy loss

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph B of subdivision 9 of section 201 of the work-
 2 ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 352 of the laws of 1981, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 B. "Disability" also includes disability caused by or in connection
 5 with a pregnancy, including, but not limited to, pregnancy loss.
 6 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 204 of the workers'
 7 compensation law, as amended by section 5 of part SS of chapter 54 of
 8 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
 9 (b) The weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to
 10 receive for disability commencing on or after May first, nineteen
 11 hundred eighty-nine shall be one-half of the employee's weekly wage, but
 12 in no case shall such benefit exceed one hundred seventy dollars; except
 13 that if the employee's average weekly wage is less than twenty dollars,
 14 the benefit shall be such average weekly wage; provided, however, the
 15 weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to receive for
 16 disability related to pregnancy loss shall be sixty-seven percent of the
 17 employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed sixty-seven percent
 18 of the state average weekly wage in effect. The weekly benefit which the
 19 disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing on or
 20 after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-four shall be one-half of the
 21 employee's weekly wage, but in no case shall such benefit exceed one
 22 hundred forty-five dollars; except that if the employee's average weekly
 23 wage is less than twenty dollars, the benefit shall be such average
 24 weekly wage. The weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled
 25 to receive for disability commencing on or after July first, nineteen

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 A LBD04105-01-5

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 1 hundred eighty-three and prior to July first, nineteen hundred eighty-
 2 four shall be one-half of the employee's average weekly wage, but in no
 3 case shall such benefit exceed one hundred thirty-five dollars nor be
 4 less than twenty dollars; except that if the employee's average weekly
 5 wage is less than twenty dollars the benefit shall be such average week-
 6 ly wage. The weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to
 7 receive for disability commencing on or after July first, nineteen
 8 hundred seventy-four, and prior to July first, nineteen hundred eighty-
 9 three, shall be one-half of the employee's average weekly wage, but in
 10 no case shall such benefit exceed ninety-five dollars nor be less than
 11 twenty dollars; except that if the employee's average weekly wage is
 12 less than twenty dollars, the benefit shall be such average weekly wage.
 13 The weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to receive
 14 for disability commencing on or after July first, nineteen hundred
 15 seventy and prior to July first, nineteen hundred seventy-four shall be
 16 one-half of the employee's average weekly wage, but in no case shall
 17 such benefit exceed seventy-five dollars nor be less than twenty
 18 dollars; except that if the employee's average weekly wage is less than
 19 twenty dollars the benefit shall be such average weekly wage. For any
 20 period of disability less than a full