A 1467: Provides for paid family leave after a stillbirth.
The bill provides for paid family leave following a stillbirth, which means employees can take time off to care for themselves or bond with their child after a stillbirth. This leave is in addition to other family leave options, such as caring for a family member with a serious health condition or bonding with a new child. The leave is intended to support employees who experience a stillbirth and provide them with the necessary time to grieve and recover. The law will take effect on January 1st, one year after the bill becomes a law, and will apply to all policies or contracts issued, renewed, modified, or amended on or after that date.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to labor |
| Jan. 09, 2025 | referred to labor |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1467 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, CRUZ, BUTTENSCHON, JACOBSON, SHRESTHA, ROZIC, ALVAREZ, GALLAGHER, HEVESI, SLATER, BENDETT, MAHER, JENSEN, BEEPHAN, MANKTELOW, DeSTEFANO, SIMON, RAGA, BURDICK, RAMOS, CLARK, REYES, DURSO, McDONOUGH, NOVAKHOV, MORINELLO, FORREST, R. CARROLL, STECK, SIMONE, ZINERMAN, SEAWRIGHT, JONES, DE LOS SANTOS, DAVILA, MAMDANI, CUNNINGHAM, SAYEGH, SEPTIMO, KELLES, EACHUS, CHANG, TAGUE, TANNOUSIS, GANDOLFO, SHIMSKY, PIROZZOLO, RA, LEVENBERG, BARCLAY, TAPIA, McMAHON, BORES, VANEL, COLTON, ROSENTHAL, ANDERSON, TAYLOR, STERN, LUNSFORD, EICHENSTEIN, SIMPSON, GIGLIO, SMITH, BRABENEC, MILL- ER, GRAY, BLUMENCRANZ, LEMONDES, PALMESANO, KIM, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, WEPRIN, MITAYNES, JACKSON, WALSH, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, MEEKS, EPSTEIN, BRONSON, LEE, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing for paid family leave following a stillbirth 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 8 with the employee's child during the first twelve months after the 9 child's birth, or the first twelve months after the placement of the 10 child for adoption or foster care with the employee; [or] (c) to recover 11 after a stillbirth; or (d) because of any qualifying exigency as inter- 12 preted 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02359-01-5A. 1467 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 first of January following the 4 first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have 5 become a law and shall apply to all policies or contracts issued, 6 renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date.