Assembly Actions -
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Apr 25, 2012 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S7038
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S7038 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S7038 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7038 I N S E N A T E April 25, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 establish- ing the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who have sustained an injury or physical impairment during military active duty THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Clause (A) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph (h) of subdivi- sion 8 of section 15 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 6 of the laws of 2007, is amended and a new subparagraph 8 is added to read as follows: (A) No carrier or employer, or the state insurance fund, may file a claim for reimbursement from the special disability fund, for an injury or illness with a date of accident or date of disablement on or after July first, two thousand seven UNLESS SUCH CLAIM SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO THE VETERANS' SPECIAL DISABILITY FUND AS ESTABLISHED IN SUBPARAGRAPH EIGHT OF THIS PARAGRAPH. No carrier or employer, or the state insurance fund, may file a claim for reimbursement from the special disability fund after July first, two thousand ten, and no writ- ten submissions or evidence in support of such a claim may be submitted after that date. (8)(A) ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, AN EMPLOYER, OR THE EMPLOYER'S INSURANCE CARRIER, MAY FILE A CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE VETERANS' SPECIAL DISABILITY FUND, AS ESTABLISHED IN CLAUSE (D) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, FOR WAGES PAID TO A CLAIMANT FOR PERMANENT TOTAL OR PARTIAL DISABILITY OF THE CLAIMANT. SUCH CLAIM MAY BE FILED REGARD- LESS OF THE DATE SUCH INJURY, IMPAIRMENT OR DISABLEMENT WAS SUSTAINED BY THE VETERAN. (B) AN EMPLOYER OR INSURANCE CARRIER SHALL BE FULLY REIMBURSED FOR THE TOTAL WAGES PAID TO A CLAIMANT FOR THE TOTAL PERIOD OF DISABILITY RESULTING FROM THE COMPENSABLE INJURY SUSTAINED BY SUCH CLAIMANT DURING EMPLOYMENT AND SUCH COMPENSATION TO THE CLAIMANT, OR REIMBURSEMENT TO SUCH EMPLOYER, SHALL EQUAL THE TOTAL WAGES PAID UNDER THE AWARD SCHEDULE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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