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Jun 03, 2022 |
committed to rules |
May 16, 2022 |
advanced to third reading |
May 11, 2022 |
2nd report cal. |
May 10, 2022 |
1st report cal.1285 |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to labor |
Jan 06, 2021 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S1023
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
2021-S1023 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S1023 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1023 SPONSOR: RAMOS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to allowing certain claimants to be reclassified to permanent total disability or total industrial disability due to extreme hardship SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Subdivision 3 of section 35 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part NNN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to redefine what constitutes qualification for extreme hardship benefits. Section 2: This act shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION: Workers' Compensation boards are currently mandated to provide extreme
2021-S1023 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1023 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- 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 allowing certain claimants to be reclassified to permanent total disability or total industrial disability due to extreme hardship THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 35 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part NNN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 3. Extreme hardship redetermination. In cases where the loss of wage- earning capacity is greater than [seventy-five] FIFTY percent, a claim- ant may request[, within the year prior to the scheduled exhaustion of indemnity benefits under paragraph w of subdivision three of section fifteen of this article,] that the board reclassify the claimant to permanent total disability or total industrial disability due to factors reflecting extreme hardship. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "EXTREME HARDSHIP" SHALL MEAN: (A) THE INJURED WORKER'S INCOME FROM SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS AND DISABILITY PENSION, IF APPLICA- BLE, WOULD BE LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF HIS OR HER AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE UPON TERMINATION OF PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY BENEFITS; (B) THE INJURED WORKER WILL BE UNABLE TO MEET EXPENSES FOR HIMSELF OR HERSELF AND ANY DEPENDENTS UPON TERMINATION OF PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY BENEFITS; (C) ADDITIONAL MEDICAL, FUNCTIONAL, OR VOCATIONAL FACTORS ARISING SUBSEQUENT TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY HAVE FURTHER ERODED THE INJURED WORKER'S WAGE EARNING CAPACITY; OR (D) THE INJURED WORKER'S INCOME WOULD BE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDE- LINES UPON TERMINATION OF PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY BENEFITS. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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