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NY A01677
Bill
Status
1/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Karines Reyes
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AI Summary
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Expands workers' compensation mental injury claims to specifically cover police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, certified emergency medical providers, and emergency dispatchers for stress incurred in work-related emergencies
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Prohibits the Workers' Compensation Board from disallowing claims for PTSD, acute stress disorder, or major depressive disorder simply because the stress was not greater than that which usually occurs in the normal work environment
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Requires covered employees to demonstrate that the mental disorder arose from extraordinary work-related stress attributable to a distinct work-related event directly related to their job duties
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Mandates that claims be supported by medical evidence based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) criteria in effect at the time of the incident
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Changes the effective date of the underlying 2024 law from January 1st following enactment to 180 days after enactment
Legislative Description
Relates to claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred at work, including claims for post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder or major depressive disorder resulting from work-related stress when demonstrated that such disorder arose out of extraordinary work-related stress attributable to a distinct work-related event or events directly related to the employment and occurring during the performance of the employee's job duties; amends the effectiveness thereof.
Last Action
substituted by s755
2/4/2025