Bill Text: NY A02950 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the president of the civil service commission to establish rules and regulations to provide for paid leave for public officers and employees to care for a parent or elder relative; provides that leave granted pursuant to this act shall not be a charge against any other leave such public officer or employee is entitled to.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental employees [A02950 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A02950-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2950
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 20, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, RIVERA, TITUS, ROBINSON -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, CAHILL, COLTON, PERRY -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to paid leave to care
for a parent or elder relative
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that
2 there is need for wage replacement for workers who take time off from
3 work to care for a sick or chronically ill parent or elder relative and
4 that this need will become exacerbated as the population of senior citi-
5 zens needing care increases in relation to the number of working age
6 adults. Without adequate support, a caregiver is at risk of experiencing
7 "caregiver burnout", a state of physical, emotional and mental
8 exhaustion that can occur when caregivers do not get the help they need.
9 Caregivers who are burned out often experience fatigue, stress, anxiety,
10 and depression, causing the caregiver's personal relationships and work
11 performance to suffer. The link between caregiver stress and their own
12 physical and mental health problems has long been established. In order
13 to assist and support those employees who are undertaking the challenge
14 of caring for aged family which saves the state over eleven billion
15 dollars per year in health care costs, the legislature hereby provides
16 that paid leave for a period of up to thirty days shall be provided to
17 employees of the state who are caring for a sick parent or elder rela-
18 tive.
19 S 2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 159-d to
20 read as follows:
21 S 159-D. PAID LEAVE TO CARE FOR A PARENT OR ELDER RELATIVE. 1. AS
22 USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PARENT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
23 THE BIOLOGICAL OR ADOPTIVE PARENT OF A STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE AND THE
24 TERM "ELDER RELATIVE" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 OLDER WHO IS RELATED BY BLOOD, ADOPTION OR MARRIAGE TO A STATE OFFICER
2 OR EMPLOYEE.
3 2. EVERY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE WHO HAS BEEN EMPLOYED FOR
4 MORE THAN SIX CONSECUTIVE PAYROLL PERIODS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A MAXIMUM
5 OF THIRTY DAYS PAID LEAVE TO CARE FOR A PARENT OR ELDER RELATIVE WITH AN
6 ILLNESS, INJURY, IMPAIRMENT, OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITION THAT
7 INVOLVES INPATIENT CARE IN A HOSPITAL, HOSPICE, RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE
8 FACILITY, OR CONTINUING TREATMENT OR SUPERVISION BY A HEALTH CARE
9 PROVIDER.
10 3. LEAVE GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST ANY
11 OTHER LEAVE THAT A STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE IS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO.
12 4. THE PRESIDENT IS HEREBY EMPOWERED TO ESTABLISH SUCH RULES OR REGU-
13 LATIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS
14 SECTION.
15 S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
16 have become a law.
