New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11619: Requires employers to provide neonatal intensive care leave
Status: In committee, July 29, 2026
Requires employers to provide unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while any child of an employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit.
What the bill says
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requirements for neonatal intensive care leave.
From the introduced text, July 29, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requirements for neonatal intensive care leave THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 196-c to read as follows: § 196-C. NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE LEAVE. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: A. "CHILD" MEANS AN EMPLOYEE'S BIOLOGICAL, ADOPTED, OR FOSTER CHILD, A STEPCHILD, A LEGAL WARD, OR A CHILD OF A PERSON STANDING IN LOCO PARENTIS. B. "NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT" MEANS A SPECIAL CARE UNIT THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL TREATMENT TO PREMATURE AND CRITICALLY ILL INFANTS. 2. A. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ITS EMPLOYEES WITH NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE LEAVE AS FOLLOWS: (I) FOR EMPLOYERS WITH BETWEEN SIXTEEN AND FIFTY EMPLOYEES IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR, EACH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO USE A MAXIMUM OF TEN DAYS OF UNPAID NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE LEAVE WHILE ANY CHILD OF SUCH EMPLOYEE IS A PATIENT IN A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; AND (II) FOR EMPLOYERS WITH FIFTY-ONE OR MORE EMPLOYEES IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR, EACH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO USE A MAXIMUM OF TWENTY DAYS OF UNPAID NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE LEAVE WHILE ANY CHILD OF SUCH EMPLOYEE IS A PATIENT IN …
Sponsors
- Catalina Cruz (D, 39) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO LABOR
Subjects: Labor Law
Common questions
- What is A11619?
- A11619 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Requires employers to provide neonatal intensive care leave.
- What does A11619 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requirements for neonatal intensive care leave.
- What is the status of A11619?
- In committee as of July 29, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO LABOR (July 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11619?
- Catalina Cruz (D, 39).
- Where is the official record for A11619?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11619
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