Assembly Bill A2719

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Limits liability for compensation in cases when the claim is made by an employee who sustained his or her injury during the commission of certain felonies

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A2719 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §10, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9143
2013-2014: A4786
2015-2016: A6694
2019-2020: A6201
2021-2022: A2284

2017-A2719 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits liability for compensation in cases when the claim is made by an employee who sustained his or her injury during the commission of certain felonies.

2017-A2719 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2719
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation  to  limiting
   liability  for  compensation  in  cases  when  the claim is made by an
   employee who sustained his or her  injury  during  the  commission  of
   certain felonies

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 10 of  the  workers'  compensation
 law, as amended by chapter 924 of the laws of 1990, is amended and a new
 subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
   1.  Every  employer  subject  to this chapter shall in accordance with
 this chapter, except as  otherwise  provided  in  section  twenty-five-a
 [hereof]  OF  THIS ARTICLE, secure compensation to his employees and pay
 or provide compensation for their disability or death from injury  aris-
 ing  out  of and in the course of the employment without regard to fault
 as a cause of the injury, except that there shall be  no  liability  for
 compensation  under  this  chapter when the injury has been solely occa-
 sioned by intoxication from alcohol or a  controlled  substance  of  the
 injured  employee  while  on duty; or by wilful intention of the injured
 employee to bring about the injury or death of himself or another; OR BY
 THE COMMISSION OF AN OFFENSE  SPECIFIED  IN  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS
 SECTION;  or  where  the  injury was sustained in or caused by voluntary
 participation in an off-duty athletic activity not constituting part  of
 the  employee's work related duties unless the employer (a) requires the
 employee to participate in such activity, (b) compensates  the  employee
 for  participating in such activity or (c) otherwise sponsors the activ-
 ity.
   5. THERE SHALL BE NO LIABILITY FOR  COMPENSATION  UNDER  THIS  CHAPTER
 WHEN THE INJURY HAS BEEN SOLELY OCCASIONED THROUGH THE COMMISSION BY THE
 INJURED EMPLOYEE OF AN OFFENSE SPECIFIED IN SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINE-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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