New York A 3627: Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day

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A03627 Summary:

BILL NOA03627 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04523

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §159-e, Civ Serv L

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Relates to excused absence of a public employee for mental health purposes.

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BILL NOA03627 

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01/29/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3627

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to excused absence of
 a public employee for mental health purposes

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

 1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 159-e to read as follows:
 3 § 159-e. Excused leave for mental or behavioral health. 1. Every
 4 public officer, employee of this state, employee of any county, employee
 5 of any community college, employee of any public authority, employee of
 6 any public benefit corporation, employee of any board of cooperative
 7 educational services (BOCES), employee of any vocational education and
 8 extension board, or a school district enumerated in section one of chap-
 9 ter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven,
 10 employee of any municipality, employee of any school district, any
 11 employee of a participating employer in the New York state and local
 12 employees' retirement system or any employee of a participating employer
 13 in the New York state teachers' retirement system shall be entitled to
 14 absent themself and shall be deemed to have a paid leave of absence from
 15 their duties or service as such public officer, employee of this state,
 16 employee of any county, employee of any community college, employee of
 17 any public authority, employee of any public benefit corporation,
 18 employee of any board of cooperative educational services (BOCES),
 19 employee of any vocational education and extension board, or a school
 20 district enumerated in section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of
 21 the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, employee of any municipality,
 22 employee of any school district, any employee of a participating employ-
 23 er in the New York state and local employees' retirement system or any
 24 employee of a participating employer in the New York state teachers'
 25 retirement system for the purpose of mental or behavioral health.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06343-01-5

 A. 3627 2

 1 2. Absence for the mental or behavioral health pursuant to this
 2 section shall not be charged to the sick time allotted for such employ-
 3 ee.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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