Assembly Actions -
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Jul 25, 2018 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A11294
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ORTIZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2017-A11294 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A11294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11294 I N A S S E M B L Y July 25, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Ortiz) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to benefits for police officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diag- nosed with PTSD THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 10 of the workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: (C) WHERE A POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, PARAMEDIC, EMERGENCY DISPATCHER OR OTHER PERSON CERTIFIED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE IN EMERGENCIES IS DIAGNOSED BY A PSYCHIATRIST OR PSYCHOL- OGIST TO HAVE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, IT SHALL BE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN INCURRED DURING SERVICE IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND SHALL BE COMPENSABLE, UNLESS IT IS SHOWN BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE THAT THE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WAS CAUSED BY NONSERVICE-CONNECTED RISK FACTORS OR NONSERVICE-CONNECTED EXPOSURE. SUCH PERSON WHO IS DIAG- NOSED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE LAST ACTIVE DATE OF EMPLOYMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, PARAMEDIC, EMERGENCY DISPATCHER OR OTHER PERSON CERTIFIED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE IN EMERGENCIES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16416-01-8
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