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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Senate Bill S3367
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 26th Senate District
Current 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
(D, WF) 52nd Senate District
2023-S3367 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S3367 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD by making their injury compensable if it cannot be shown, by a preponderance of evidence, that the PTSD was caused by factors unrelated to their occupation.
2023-S3367 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3367 SPONSOR: GOUNARDES TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emer- gency personnel diagnosed with PTSD PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure that New York's first responders are rightfully compensated for their service, specifically when they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of their duty to the people of New York, this bill adds PTSD to the list of eligible medical conditions for workers' compensation. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends subdivision 3 of section 10 of the Work- ers Compensation Law by adding a new paragraph (c). The new paragraph explains that a diagnosis of PTSD from a psychologist or psychiatrist to
2023-S3367 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3367 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 31, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, 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 benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 10 of the workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: (C) WHERE A POLICE OFFICER, CORRECTION OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, PARAMEDIC, EMERGENCY DISPATCHER OR OTHER PERSON CERTIFIED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE IN EMERGENCIES IS DIAGNOSED BY A PSYCHIATRIST OR PSYCHOLOGIST TO HAVE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, IT SHALL BE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN INCURRED DURING SERVICE IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND SHALL BE COMPENSABLE, UNLESS IT IS SHOWN BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE THAT THE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WAS CAUSED BY NONSERVICE-CONNECTED RISK FACTORS OR NONSERVICE-CONNECTED EXPOSURE. SUCH PERSON WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE LAST ACTIVE DATE OF EMPLOYMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER, CORRECTION OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, PARAMED- IC, EMERGENCY DISPATCHER OR OTHER PERSON CERTIFIED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE IN EMERGENCIES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SUBDIVI- SION. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03309-01-3
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