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NY A08482
Bill
Status
5/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Catalina Cruz
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AI Summary
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Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding, diminishing, or conditioning workers' compensation benefits based on an injured worker's demonstration of attachment to the labor market
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Removes existing language that eliminated the requirement for claimants entitled to benefits at classification time to demonstrate ongoing attachment to the labor market
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Applies to permanent partial disability cases where compensation is calculated as 66⅔% of the difference between average weekly wages and post-injury wage-earning capacity
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Adds a new paragraph (y) to Section 15 of the Workers' Compensation Law explicitly stating that benefits shall not be conditioned on labor market attachment
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Takes effect immediately upon passage
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employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on a claim that such workers have voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market by not seeking alternate employment that their injury or illness does not preclude them from performing.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
ordered to third reading cal.213
1/7/2026