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NY A06647
Bill
Status
3/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Harry Bronson
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AI Summary
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Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding, diminishing, or conditioning workers' compensation benefits on an injured worker's demonstration of attachment to the labor market
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Removes existing language that exempted claimants entitled to benefits at classification time from having to demonstrate ongoing attachment to the labor market
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Adds a new paragraph (y) to Section 15 of the workers' compensation law explicitly stating benefits cannot be conditioned on labor market attachment
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Applies to permanent partial disability compensation cases, where benefits are calculated as 66⅔% of the difference between pre-injury wages and post-injury wage-earning capacity
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on a claim that such workers have voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market by not seeking alternate employment that their injury or illness does not preclude them from performing.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
5/16/2025