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NY S06376
Bill
Status
3/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
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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 the time of classification from demonstrating ongoing attachment to the labor market
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Adds new paragraph to workers' compensation law explicitly stating benefits cannot be conditioned on seeking alternate employment
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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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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employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on a claim that such workers have voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market by not seeking alternate employment that their injury or illness does not preclude them from performing.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
REFERRED TO LABOR
1/7/2026