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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Senate Bill S7203
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th 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
2017-S7203 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S7203 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7203 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing a claim-filing opportunity for the widows and dependents of workers who died as a result of cancer caused by exposure to diesel exhaust PURPOSE: An act to temporarily amend the worker's compensation law for death benefits with relation to cancers caused by diesel exhaust exposure. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: In adopting this act (new workers compensation law 16-a), it is the intent of the legislature to allow for a filing of a claim within one year from the effective date of this section for death benefits due to cancer caused by exposure to diesel exhaust, superseding other legal provisions which would bar such claims due to time-constraints.
2017-S7203 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7203 I N S E N A T E January 3, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 providing a claim-filing opportunity for the widows and dependents of workers who died as a result of cancer caused by exposure to diesel exhaust THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the Nigro act". § 2. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new section 16-a to read as follows: § 16-A. DEATH BENEFITS DUE TO DIESEL EXPOSURE. WHERE DEATH IS DUE IN WHOLE OR PART TO ANY CANCER RESULTING FROM A HAZARDOUS EXPOSURE TO DIESEL EXHAUST, A CLAIM FOR DEATH BENEFITS SHALL NOT BE DISALLOWED AS BARRED BY SECTION EIGHTEEN OR SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE IF SUCH CLAIM IS FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH CLAIMS MAY BE FILED AFTER SUCH PERIOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION EIGHTEEN AND SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14023-03-7
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