BILL NUMBER: S1253
SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to creating a temporary commission to conduct a
comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave,
make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the
program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to creating a temporary commission to conduct a
comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave,
make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the
program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof
 
PURPOSE:
To direct a temporary state commission to conduct a study and produce a
report on the utilization of Paid Family Leave.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 would create a temporary state commission and direct the
commission to conduct a study and produce a report on the current utili-
zation of the Paid Family Leave Program.
Section 2 would provide for the appointment of the twelve members of the
commission.
Section 3 would provide the factors that the study would examine regard-
ing the current utilization of Paid Family Leave.
Section 4 would provide that the report, including recommendations, be
submitted to the Governor and the Legislature no later than one year
after the effective date.
Section 5 would set the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
In 2016, New York enacted the nation's strongest and most comprehensive
Paid Family Leave policy so working families would not have to choose
between caring for their loved ones and risking their economic security.
Since then, the program has been expanded to include paid time off to
bond with a newly born, adopted or fostered child, to care for a family
member with a serious health condition, or in connection with when a
spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee is deployed
abroad on active military service. In order to ensure that all eligible
New Yorkers can use the strong and necessary protections in Paid Family
Leave to be present with their families at crucial times, it is neces-
sary for a commission to study how different groups are using Paid Fami-
ly Leave and make recommendations on how to remove any unintended barri-
ers to its use.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2022: S.9167A - Veto Memo 67
2023: S.1554 - Veto Memo 48
2024: S.8342 - Referred to Senate Labor Committee.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed two years after it shall have become a law.