New York S 3944: Relates to authorizing paid family leave for bereavement

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S03944 Summary:

BILL NOS03944 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03529

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§201, 205 & 217, Work Comp L

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Authorizes paid family leave for bereavement beginning in 2027.

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BILL NOS03944 

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3944

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- 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 paid fami-
 ly leave and bereavement

 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 including bereavement
 8 upon the death of such family member; or (b) to bond with the employee's
 9 child during the first twelve months after the child's birth, or the
 10 first twelve months after the placement of the child for adoption or
 11 foster care with the employee; or (c) because of any qualifying exigency
 12 as interpreted 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; or (d) leave
 17 taken for the purposes of bereavement due to the death of a family
 18 member.
 19 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 205 of the workers'
 20 compensation law, as added by section 6 of part SS of chapter 54 of the
 21 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
 22 (b) For any period of family leave wherein the notice and medical
 23 certification, or death certificate, as prescribed by the chair has not
 24 been filed. At the discretion of the chair or chair's designee pursuant
 25 to section two hundred twenty-one of this article, the family member who

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03447-01-5

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 1 is the recipient of care may be required to submit to a physical exam-
 2 ination by a qualified health care provider unless such family member is
 3 unable to be examined due to death. Such examination shall be paid for
 4 by the carrier; and
 5 § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 205 of the workers' compensation law, as
 6 added by section 6 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is
 7 amended to read as follows:
 8 5. In any case in which the necessity for family leave is foreseeable
 9 based on an expected birth or placement, the employee shall provide the
 10 employer with not less than thirty days notice before the date the leave
 11 is to begin, of the employee's intention to take family leave under this
 12 article, except that if the date of the birth or placement requires
 13 leave to begin in less than thirty days, the employee shall provide such
 14 notice as is practicable. In any case in which the necessity for family
 15 leave is foreseeable based on planned medical treatment, the employee
 16 shall provide the employer with not less than thirty days notice, before
 17 the date the leave is to begin, of the employees intention to take fami-
 18 ly leave under this article, except that if the date of the treatment
 19 requires leave to begin in less than thirty days, the employee shall
 20 provide such notice as is practicable. In the case of family leave due
 21 to bereavement notice shall be provided as soon as practicable.
 22 § 4. Subdivision