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NY A00695
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Catalina Cruz
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AI Summary
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Allows essential workers' families to file COVID-19 death benefit claims within one year of the act's effective date, even if previously barred by existing time limitation statutes (sections 18 and 28 of workers' compensation law)
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Applies to essential employees as defined by Executive Order 202, which was in effect from March 7, 2020 through June 24, 2021
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Requires the Workers' Compensation Board to accept and re-hear claims that were previously denied due to missed filing deadlines
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Named the "Joseph Fletcher Act" in memory of an essential worker who died from COVID-19
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Contains a sunset provision, automatically repealing the law two years after its effective date
Legislative Description
Enacts the "Joseph Fletcher act"; permits certain claims by essential employees for compensation based on death due to COVID-19 which were previously denied or not timely filed.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026