Bill > A01220

This bill expands the definition of permanent total disability under the New York Workers' Compensation Law to include the inability to perform the full range of sedentary work or the approval for federal Social Security disability benefits as a result of a compensable accident or occupational disease. Specifically, the bill defines "inability to perform the full range of sedentary work" as the inability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally or up to one-third of the workday, or the inability to exert a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. The bill also states that the inability to perform the full range of sedentary work, in circumstances involving the performance of unskilled sedentary work, includes the consideration of related non-exertional activities such as seeing, hand-manipulation, and understanding, remembering, and carrying out simple instructions. The bill applies to injuries subject to the Workers' Compensation Law occurring on or after the effective date of the act.

Labor and Employment

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A1220