A05159 Summary:

BILL NOA05159
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORLancman
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S3, Work Comp L
 
includes Lyme Disease (Lyme Borrcliosis) as an occupational disease which is compensable under the workers' compensation law.
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A05159 Actions:

BILL NOA05159
 
02/14/2011referred to labor
01/04/2012referred to labor
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A05159 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A05159 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5159
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 14, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation  to  enacting
          the "Lyme disease compensation act"
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "Lyme disease compensation act".
     3    §  2.  Paragraph  30  of  subdivision  2  of section 3 of the workers'
     4  compensation law, as renumbered by chapter 665 of the laws of  1971,  is
     5  renumbered  paragraph  31  and  a  new  paragraph 30 is added to read as
     6  follows:
     7      30. Lyme disease               30. Any process involving farming,
     8      (Lyme Borrcliosis).            landscaping operations, tree
     9                                     pruning, spraying, repairing,
    10                                     or related occupation which
    11                                     creates exposure to lyme
    12                                     disease carrying organisms

    13                                     or care or handling of animals.
    14    § 3. The closing paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 3 of the  work-
    15  ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 666 of the laws of 1971, is
    16  amended to read as follows:
    17    Nothing  in paragraph [thirty] thirty-one of this subdivision shall be
    18  construed to apply to  any  disability  or  death  due  to  any  disease
    19  described in paragraph twenty-nine of this subdivision.
    20    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04140-02-1
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