New York A 5319: Provides family leave to persons recovering from a pregnancy loss

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A05319 Summary:

BILL NOA05319C

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SAME ASSAME AS S04468-C

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRKassay, Griffin, Lavine

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §201, Work Comp L

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Expands the definition of "family leave" to include persons recovering from a pregnancy loss.

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BILL NOA05319C

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02/13/2025referred to labor

03/19/2025amend (t) and recommit to labor

03/19/2025print number 5319a

01/07/2026referred to labor

03/10/2026amend (t) and recommit to labor

03/10/2026print number 5319b

05/28/2026amend (t) and recommit to labor

05/28/2026print number 5319c

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Go to topA05319 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5319--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, KASSAY, GRIFFIN, LAVINE -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance with
 Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
 amended on third reading, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on
 the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing
 family leave to persons recovering from a pregnancy loss

 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) to recover from a
 11 pregnancy loss at or after twenty weeks of gestation if the employee who
 12 experienced such pregnancy loss would have been eligible to take family
 13 leave benefits under paragraph (b) of this subdivision but is deemed
 14 ineligible for family leave benefits under such paragraph as a result of
 15 such pregnancy loss; or (d) because of any qualifying exigency as inter-
 16 preted under the family and medical leave act, 29 U.S.C.S §
 17 2612(a)(1)(e) and 29 C.F.R. S.825.126(a)(1)-(8), arising out of the fact
 18 that the spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee is

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08434-09-6

 A. 5319--C 2

 1 on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to
 2 active duty) in the armed forces of the United States.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 4 have become a law.

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