Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 05, 2024 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 25, 2024 |
print number 8408a |
Jan 25, 2024 |
amend and recommit to labor |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to labor |
Dec 13, 2023 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A8408A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DURSO
Current Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Scott Gray
Chris Tague
Eric Brown
Lester Chang
2023-A8408 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8544
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §3-a, Work Comp L
2023-A8408 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8408 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y December 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to certain claims for death benefits based on death due to COVID-19 in memory of Joseph Fletcher; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Joseph Fletcher act". § 2. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new section 3-a to read as follows: § 3-A. REOPENING OF CLAIMS FOR COVID-19 DEATH BENEFITS. 1. A CLAIM FOR DEATH BENEFITS BASED ON A DIAGNOSIS OF COVID-19 RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT BE DISALLOWED AS BARRED BY SECTION EIGHTEEN OR SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER IF SUCH CLAIM IS FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. ANY SUBSEQUENT CLAIMS MAY BE FILED AFTER SUCH PERIOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS EIGHTEEN AND TWEN- TY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER. 2. THE BOARD SHALL PERMIT THE FILING OF CLAIMS FOR DEATH BENEFITS DUE TO COVID-19 WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY DENIED DUE TO SECTION EIGHTEEN OR TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL, UPON APPLICATION, RE-HEAR AND DETERMINE SUCH CLAIMS. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11758-03-3
co-Sponsors
Scott Gray
Chris Tague
Eric Brown
Lester Chang
multi-Sponsors
Jodi Giglio
2023-A8408A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8544
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §3-a, Work Comp L
2023-A8408A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8408--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y December 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DURSO, GRAY, TAGUE, E. BROWN, CHANG, BENDETT, ANGELINO, BEEPHAN, JENSEN, McDONOUGH, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to certain claims for death benefits based on death due to COVID-19 in memory of Joseph Fletcher; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Joseph Fletcher act". § 2. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new section 3-a to read as follows: § 3-A. REOPENING OF CLAIMS FOR COVID-19 DEATH BENEFITS. 1. A CLAIM FOR DEATH BENEFITS BASED ON A DIAGNOSIS OF COVID-19 RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEE WHOSE EXPOSURE WAS SUSTAINED IN SERVICE AS AN ESSENTIAL WORKER AS DEFINED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 202 ISSUED MARCH SEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND EXPIRED JUNE TWENTY-FOURTH, TWO THOUSAND TWEN- TY-ONE SHALL NOT BE DISALLOWED AS BARRED BY SECTION EIGHTEEN OR SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER IF SUCH CLAIM IS FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. ANY SUBSEQUENT CLAIMS MAY BE FILED AFTER SUCH PERIOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS EIGHTEEN AND TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER. 2. THE BOARD SHALL PERMIT THE FILING OF CLAIMS FOR DEATH BENEFITS DUE TO COVID-19 WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY DENIED DUE TO SECTION EIGHTEEN OR TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL, UPON APPLICATION, RE-HEAR AND DETERMINE SUCH CLAIMS. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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