Senate Bill S6495

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred at work

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

  • 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-S6495 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8240
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §10, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1980, A7424
2021-2022: S6373, A2020
2023-2024: S6635, A5745

2017-S6495 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S6495 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6495 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6495
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 10 of  the  work-
 ers' compensation law, as added by section 1 of subpart I of part NNN of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Where  a [police officer or firefighter subject to section thirty
 of this article, or emergency medical technician,  paramedic,  or  other
 person  certified  to  provide medical care in emergencies, or emergency
 dispatcher] WORKER  files  a  claim  for  mental  injury  premised  upon
 extraordinary work-related stress incurred [in a work-related emergency]
 AT  WORK,  the  board may not disallow the claim, upon a factual finding
 that the stress was not greater than that which usually  occurs  in  the
 normal work environment.
   § 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

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