Includes the unaccrued portion of a non-schedule award in the amounts to be payable to and for the benefit of certain persons where a claimant was entitled to death benefits at the time of death.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8131
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to payment of
certain awards for disability
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 4 of section 15 of the
2 workers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 168 of the laws of
3 1979, is amended to read as follows:
4 An award made to a claimant under subdivision three of this section,
5 including, but not limited to, the unaccrued portion of a non-schedule
6 award, provided that the claimant was entitled to benefits at the time
7 of death, shall, in case of death arising from causes other than the
8 injury, be payable to and for the benefit of the persons following:
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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