Bill Text: NY S00661 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides a claim-filing opportunity for the widows and dependents of workers who died as a result of cancer caused by exposure to diesel exhaust.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-29 - SIGNED CHAP.526 [S00661 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S00661-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 661 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing a claim-filing opportunity for the widows and dependents of workers who died as a result of cancer caused by exposure to diesel exhaust The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the Nigro 2 act". 3 § 2. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new section 4 16-a to read as follows: 5 § 16-a. Death benefits due to diesel exposure. Where death is due in 6 whole or part to any cancer resulting from a hazardous exposure to 7 diesel exhaust, a claim for death benefits shall not be disallowed as 8 barred by section eighteen or section twenty-eight of this article if 9 such claim is filed within one year of the effective date of this 10 section. Such claims may be filed after such period in accordance with 11 section eighteen and section twenty-eight of this article. 12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04662-01-1
