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NY A09568

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/20/2024

Primary Sponsor

Stacey Pheffer Amato

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Origin

Assembly

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands the definition of "disability" under workers' compensation law to explicitly include involuntary loss of pregnancy through miscarriage or stillbirth.

  • Creates automatic enrollment in temporary disability benefits for claimants who experience involuntary pregnancy loss while receiving family leave benefits.

  • Temporary disability benefits begin immediately upon notice of involuntary pregnancy loss.

  • Establishes that a certificate of stillbirth or fetal death certificate serves as proof of eligibility for temporary disability benefits.

  • Treats involuntary loss of pregnancy as a separate period of disability, not subject to the three-month rule that otherwise combines related disabilities.

Legislative Description

Allows a parent who suffers an involuntary loss of pregnancy to automatically receive temporary disability benefits upon notice that such parents suffered an involuntary loss of pregnancy.

Last Action

referred to labor

3/20/2024

Committee Referrals

Labor3/20/2024

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