New York S 8366: Relates to COVID-19 pandemic medical debt requirements and adverse determination notices to Medicaid recipients and eligibility for the basic health program

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S08366 Summary:

BILL NOS08366 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRORTT

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §201, Work Comp L

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Permits family leave benefits related to the active service of a spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee in the New York national guard during a declared state of emergency or other ordered active state service.

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BILL NOS08366 

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06/05/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8366

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 5, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SCARCELLA-SPANTON, ORTT -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to coverage
 for benefits under family leave related to national guard deployment
 during a state of emergency

 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 with
 8 the employee's child during the first twelve months after the child's
 9 birth, or the first twelve months after the placement of the child for
 10 adoption or foster care with the employee; or (c) because of any quali-
 11 fying exigency as interpreted under the family and medical leave act, 29
 12 U.S.C.S § 2612(a)(1)(e) and 29 C.F.R. S.825.126(a)(1)-(8), arising out
 13 of the fact that the spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the
 14 employee is on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or
 15 order to active duty) in the armed forces of the United States, or has
 16 been deployed to active service as a member of the New York national
 17 guard due to a declared state of emergency under section twenty-eight of
 18 the executive law or active service of the state ordered under section
 19 six of the military law.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11642-02-5

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