Bill Text: NY S06495 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred at work; applies to all workers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S06495 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06495-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6495
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 25, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. ALCANTARA, SAVINO -- 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 claims for
          mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 10 of  the  work-
     2  ers' compensation law, as added by section 1 of subpart I of part NNN of
     3  chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (b)  Where  a [police officer or firefighter subject to section thirty
     5  of this article, or emergency medical technician,  paramedic,  or  other
     6  person  certified  to  provide medical care in emergencies, or emergency
     7  dispatcher] worker  files  a  claim  for  mental  injury  premised  upon
     8  extraordinary work-related stress incurred [in a work-related emergency]
     9  at  work,  the  board may not disallow the claim, upon a factual finding
    10  that the stress was not greater than that which usually  occurs  in  the
    11  normal work environment.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11828-01-7