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NY A02543
Bill
Status
1/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Dinowitz
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AI Summary
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Prohibits employers and other entities from imposing "onerous or unreasonable conditions" on disabled persons seeking to collect benefits under written disability contracts
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Defines onerous conditions as requiring unreasonably repetitive medical examinations, finely-detailed or duplicative medical documentation, or engaging in bad faith claim settlement practices
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Exempts workers' compensation and New York State disability insurance from the new requirements
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Allows injured parties to sue for actual damages, interest, penalties, reasonable costs, and attorney's fees upon proving a violation by preponderance of evidence
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Permits courts to award exemplary (punitive) damages at their discretion
Legislative Description
Requires persons or entities providing benefits in the event of disability to not impose "onerous or unreasonable conditions" for the payment or continued payment of benefits thereunder, and provides for the enforcement thereof including actual damages, interest and penalties, reasonable costs and attorney's fees, and in the court's discretion, exemplary damages; exempts worker's compensation and NYS disability insurance.
Last Action
referred to judiciary
1/7/2026