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Speaker Carl E. Heastie
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S00661 Summary:

BILL NOS00661
 
SAME ASSAME AS A06424
 
SPONSORSANDERS
 
COSPNSRBIAGGI, SALAZAR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §16-a, Work Comp L
 
Provides a claim-filing opportunity for the widows and dependents of workers who died as a result of cancer caused by exposure to diesel exhaust.
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S00661 Actions:

BILL NOS00661
 
01/06/2021REFERRED TO LABOR
06/10/2021COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/10/2021ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1687
06/10/2021PASSED SENATE
06/10/2021DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/10/2021referred to ways and means
06/10/2021substituted for a6424
06/10/2021ordered to third reading rules cal.666
06/10/2021passed assembly
06/10/2021returned to senate
10/18/2021DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
10/29/2021SIGNED CHAP.526
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S00661 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           661
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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  providing
          a  claim-filing  opportunity  for the widows and dependents of workers
          who died as a result of cancer caused by exposure to diesel exhaust
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as "the Nigro
     2  act".
     3    § 2. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new  section
     4  16-a to read as follows:
     5    §  16-a.  Death benefits due to diesel exposure. Where death is due in
     6  whole or part to any cancer  resulting  from  a  hazardous  exposure  to
     7  diesel  exhaust,  a  claim for death benefits shall not be disallowed as
     8  barred by section eighteen or section twenty-eight of  this  article  if
     9  such  claim  is  filed  within  one  year  of the effective date of this
    10  section. Such claims may be filed after such period in  accordance  with
    11  section eighteen and section twenty-eight of this article.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04662-01-1
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