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NY S04399

NY S04399
Enacts the "COVID-19 injured workers' protection act"; establishes a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presumption for public employee death benefits where a member was required to physically report to work; did in fact physically report to work as of March first, two thousand twenty; contracted COVID-19; and where the applicable head of the member's retirement system or such system's medical board determines COVID-19 to have been a significant contributing factor in the member's death.

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Introduced
02/04/2021
In Committee
01/05/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

2021-2022 General Assembly

Bill Summary

Enacts the "COVID-19 injured workers' protection act"; establishes a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presumption for public employee death benefits where a member was required to physically report to work; did in fact physically report to work as of March first, two thousand twenty; contracted COVID-19; and where the applicable head of the member's retirement system or such system's medical board determines COVID-19 to have been a significant contributing factor in the member's death.

AI Summary

This bill, known as the "COVID-19 injured workers' protection act," establishes a presumption that public employees who physically reported to work as of March 1, 2020, contracted COVID-19, and died where COVID-19 was a significant contributing factor, are eligible for death benefits. It also allows medical providers treating COVID-19 patients to do so on an emergent basis without prior authorization, and modifies the temporary payment of compensation provisions in workers' compensation law to reduce the time period from one year to 60 days.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (5)

Last Action

REFERRED TO LABOR (on 01/05/2022)
(1 Companion Bills)

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