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Apr 28, 2014 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to labor returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 21, 2013 |
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reported and committed to finance |
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Senate Bill S4090
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Relates to the continuation of death benefits to a surviving spouse regardless of remarriage
download bill text pdfSponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
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- Passed Assembly
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Floor Vote: Jun 20, 2013
aye (63)- Adams
- Addabbo Jr.
- Avella
- Ball
- Bonacic
- Boyle
- Breslin
- Carlucci
- DeFrancisco
- Diaz
- Dilan
- Espaillat
- Farley
- Felder
- Flanagan
- Fuschillo
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Gipson
- Golden
- Griffo
- Grisanti
- Hannon
- Hassell-Thompson
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Kennedy
- Klein
- Krueger
- LaValle
- Lanza
- Larkin
- Latimer
- Libous
- Little
- Marcellino
- Marchione
- Martins
- Maziarz
- Montgomery
- Nozzolio
- O'Brien
- O'Mara
- Parker
- Peralta
- Perkins
- Ranzenhofer
- Ritchie
- Rivera
- Robach
- Sampson
- Sanders Jr.
- Savino
- Serrano
- Seward
- Skelos
- Smith
- Squadron
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tkaczyk
- Valesky
- Young
- Zeldin
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Jun 20, 2013 - Rules Committee Vote
S409021Aye1Nay3Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0AbstainedApr 28, 2014 - Labor Committee Vote
S409014Aye0Nay2Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0Abstained-
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Labor Committee Vote: Apr 28, 2014
aye (14)aye wr (2)
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Jun 3, 2013 - Labor Committee Vote
S409010Aye3Nay3Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0Abstained-
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Labor Committee Vote: Jun 3, 2013
aye (10)nay (3)
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co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2013-S4090 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S4090 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4090 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the continuation of death benefits to a surviving spouse regardless of remarriage PURPOSE:; Allow for the continuation of workers' compensation death benefits to a surviving spouse and children regardless of remarriage. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends Subdivisions 1-b, 1-c, 1-d, 2, 2-a, 2-b of section 16 of the workers' compensation law. EXISTING LAW: Workers' Compensation Law provides Workers' compensation provides death benefits (survivor benefits) to a spouse and to dependent minor children of the deceased worker. Death benefits are calculated as a percentage of the deceased's average wages, subject to a minimum and a maximum. These benefits cease upon remarriage with the payment of two years compensation in a lump sum. If an injured worker dies from a job-related injury, the surviving spouse and/or minor children or, lacking such, other dependents as defined by law, are entitled to death and survivor benefits. Funeral expenses are payable up to statutory maximums.
2013-S4090 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4090 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 8, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- 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 the continuation of death benefits to a surviving spouse regardless of remarriage THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1-b, 1-c, 1-d, 2, 2-a and 2-b of section 16 of the workers' compensation law, subdivisions 1-b, 1-c and 2 as amended by chapter 168 of the laws of 1979, subdivision 2-a as amended by chapter 174 of the laws of 1981 and subdivisions 1-d and 2-b as added by chapter 689 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows: 1-b. If there be a surviving spouse and no child of the deceased under the age of eighteen years and no child of any age dependent blind or physically disabled, and the death occurs on or after July first, nine- teen hundred forty-eight, and prior to January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, to such spouse forty per centum of the average wages of the deceased during widowhood or widowerhood [with two years' compen- sation in one sum, upon remarriage]; and where the death occurred prior to July first, nineteen hundred forty-eight, to such wife (or dependent husband) thirty per centum of such wages during widowhood (or dependent widowerhood) [with two years' compensation in one sum, upon remarriage]. 1-c. If there be a surviving spouse and no child of the deceased under the age of eighteen years or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full time student in an accredited educa- tional institution and such enrollment and full time attendance is certified by such institution and no child of any age dependent blind or physically disabled, and the death occurs on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, to such spouse sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the average wages of the deceased during widowhood or widowerhood [with two years' compensation, in one sum, upon remarriage]. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05484-01-3
S. 4090 2 Where the death occurs on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and the spouse is receiving the survivors insurance bene- fits under the social security act, the death benefit payable under this section shall be reduced in accordance with the provisions of table No. 1 below by five per centum of the spouse's share of the survivor's insurance benefits under the social security act for each ten dollars of deceased's average weekly wage in excess of one hundred dollars provided that in no case shall such reduction exceed fifty per centum of said spouse's share of the survivors insurance benefits under the social security act. TABLE No. I Offset provisions applicable in death benefits where there is a sole surviving spouse AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE PERCENTAGE OF SPOUSE'S SHARE OF SURVIVORS INSURANCE BENEFITS over $100 up to and including $110 ................................... 5 over $110 up to and including $120 .................................. 10 over $120 up to and including $130 .................................. 15 over $130 up to and including $140 .................................. 20 over $140 up to and including $150 .................................. 25 over $150 up to and including $160 .................................. 30 over $160 up to and including $170 .................................. 35 over $170 up to and including $180 .................................. 40 over $180 up to and including $190 .................................. 45 over $190 up to and including $200 .................................. 50 over $200 ........................................................... 50 1-d. If there be a surviving spouse of an employee of a private volun- tary hospital killed in a World Trade Center rescue, who passed a phys- ical examination upon employment as a rescue worker that failed to reveal evidence of a condition that was the proximate cause of death, and no child of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full-time student in an accredited educational institution and such enrollment and full-time attendance is certified by such institution, and no child of any age dependent blind or physically disabled, to such spouse seventy- five per centum of the average wages of the deceased during widowhood or widowerhood[, with two years' compensation, in one sum, upon remar- riage]. Where such death occurs, and the spouse is receiving the survi- vors insurance benefits under the social security act, the death benefit payable under this section shall be reduced in accordance with the provisions of table No. I in subdivision one-c of this section by five per centum of the spouse's share of the survivor's insurance benefits under the social security act for each ten dollars of deceased's average weekly wage in excess of one hundred dollars; provided that in no case shall such reduction exceed fifty per centum of such spouse's share of the survivors insurance benefits under the social security act. 2. If there be a surviving spouse and a surviving child or children of the deceased under the age of eighteen years or a surviving child or children of any age dependent blind or physically disabled, and the death occurs on or after July first, nineteen hundred forty-eight, and prior to January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, to such spouse thirty per centum of the average wages of the deceased during widowhood S. 4090 3 or widowerhood [with two years' compensation in one sum, upon remar- riage]; and the additional amount of twenty per centum of such wages for each such child until the age of eighteen years or until the removal of the dependency of the blind or physically disabled child or children; in case of the subsequent death [or remarriage] of such surviving spouse any surviving child of the deceased employee, at the time under eighteen years of age or dependent through mental or physical infirmity, shall have his compensation increased to thirty per centum of such wages, and the same shall be payable until he shall reach the age of eighteen years or until such dependent blind or physically disabled condition shall have been removed; provided that the total amount payable shall in no case exceed sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such wages. Upon statutory termination of compensation payments to all such children, the compensation of the surviving spouse shall be increased to forty per centum of such wages [with two years' compensation, at such rate, in one sum, upon remarriage]. If there be a surviving wife (or dependent husband) and any of the aforementioned surviving children, and the death occurred prior to July first, nineteen hundred forty-eight, to such wife (or dependent husband) thirty per centum of the average wages of the deceased during widowhood (or dependent widowerhood) [with two years' compensation in one sum, upon remarriage]; and the additional amount of ten per centum of such wages for each such child until eighteen years of age or until the removal of the dependency of the blind or physically disabled child or children; in case of the subsequent death [or remarriage] of such surviving wife (or dependent husband) any surviving child of the deceased shall have his compensation increased to fifteen per centum of such wages until he shall reach the age of eighteen years or until such dependent blind or physically disabled condition shall have been removed; provided that the total amount payable shall in no case exceed sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such wages. The board may in its discretion require the appointment of a guardian for the purpose of receiving the compensation of a minor child or a dependent blind or physically disabled child. In the absence of such a requirement by the board the appointment of a guardian for such purposes shall not be necessary. 2-a. If there be a surviving spouse and a surviving child under the age of eighteen years or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full time student in an accredited educational insti- tution and such enrollment and full time attendance is certified by such institution or a surviving child of any age dependent blind or phys- ically disabled and the death occurs on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, to such spouse thirty-six and two-thirds per centum of the average wages of the deceased during widowhood or widower- hood [with two years' compensation in one sum, upon remarriage]; and thirty per centum of such wages to such child under the age of eighteen years or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full time student in an accredited educational institution and such enrollment and full time attendance is certified by such institution or a surviving child of any age dependent blind or physically disabled; in the case of the subsequent death of such surviving spouse the surviving child shall have his compensation increased to sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such wages and the same shall be payable so long as he is under the age of eighteen years or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full time student in an accredited educa- tional institution and such enrollment and full time attendance is S. 4090 4 certified by such institution or a surviving child of any age dependent blind or physically disabled; upon statutory termination of compensation payable to such child, the compensation of the surviving spouse shall be increased to sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such wages [with two years' compensation, at such rate, in one sum, upon remarriage. Upon remarriage of such surviving spouse, the surviving child shall continue to receive thirty per centum of such wages]. Where the death occurs on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight and the spouse is receiving survivors insurance benefits under the social security act, the death benefit payable under this section shall be reduced by five per centum of the spouse's share of the survivors insurance benefits under the social security act for each ten dollars of deceased's average weekly wage in excess of one hundred dollars provided that in no case shall such reduction exceed fifty per centum of said spouse's share of the survivors insurance benefits under the social security act as set forth in table No. I below. TABLE No. I Offset provisions applicable in death benefits where there is a surviving spouse and one child AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE PERCENTAGE OF SPOUSE'S SHARE OF SURVIVORS INSURANCE BENEFITS over $100 up to and including $110 ................................... 5 over $110 up to and including $120 .................................. 10 over $120 up to and including $130 .................................. 15 over $130 up to and including $140 .................................. 20 over $140 up to and including $150 .................................. 25 over $150 up to and including $160 .................................. 30 over $160 up to and including $170 .................................. 35 over $170 up to and including $180 .................................. 40 over $180 up to and including $190 .................................. 45 over $190 up to and including $200 .................................. 50 over $200 ........................................................... 50 If there be a surviving spouse and two or more surviving children under the age of eighteen years or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full time student in an accredited educa- tional institution and such enrollment and full time attendance is certified by such institution or a surviving child or children of any age dependent blind or physically disabled and a death occurs on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, to such spouse thirty-six and two-thirds per centum of the average wage of the deceased during widowhood or widowerhood [with two years' compensation in one sum upon remarriage]; and thirty per centum of such wages to such children under the age of eighteen years or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full time student in an accredited educa- tional institution and such enrollment and full time attendance is certified by such institution or a surviving child or children of any age dependent blind or physically disabled, share and share alike; in case of the subsequent death of such surviving spouse the surviving children shall have their compensation increased to sixty-six and two- thirds per centum of such wages and the aggregate sum shall be payable, share and share alike, so long as they are under the age of eighteen years or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending S. 4090 5 as a full time student in an accredited educational institution and such enrollment and full time attendance is certified by such institution or a surviving child or children of any age dependent blind or physically disabled. [Upon remarriage of such surviving spouse, if there be two surviving children each shall receive twenty-five per centum of such wages, and if there are surviving more than two children under the age of eighteen years or under the age of twenty-three if enrolled and attending as a full time student in an accredited educational institu- tion and such enrollment and full time attendance is certified by such institution or a surviving child or children of any age dependent blind or physically disabled sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such wages share and share alike.] Upon statutory termination of compensation paya- ble to such children, the compensation of the surviving spouse shall be increased to sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such wages [with two years' compensation, at such rate, in one sum, upon remarriage]. Where the death occurs on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy- eight, and the spouse is receiving survivors insurance benefits under the social security act, the death benefits payable under this section shall be reduced by five per centum of the spouse's share of the survi- vors insurance benefits under the social security act for each ten dollars of deceased's average weekly wage in excess of one hundred fifty dollars provided that in no case shall such reduction exceed fifty per centum of said spouse's share of the survivors insurance benefits under the social security act as set forth in table No. II below. TABLE No. II Offset provisions applicable in death benefits where there is a surviving spouse and two or more children AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE PERCENTAGE OF SPOUSE'S SHARE OF SURVIVORS INSURANCE BENEFITS over $150 up to and including $160 ................................... 5 over $160 up to and including $170 .................................. 10 over $170 up to and including $180 .................................. 15 over $180 up to and including $190 .................................. 20 over $190 up to and including $200 .................................. 25 over $200 up to and including $210 .................................. 30 over $210 up to and including $220 .................................. 35 over $220 up to and including $230 .................................. 40 over $230 up to and including $240 .................................. 45 over $240 up to and including $250 .................................. 50 over $250 ........................................................... 50 2-b. If there be a surviving spouse of an employee of a private volun- tary hospital killed in a World Trade Center rescue, who passed a phys- ical examination upon employment as a rescue worker that failed to reveal evidence of a condition that was the proximate cause of death, and a surviving child under the age of eighteen years, or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full-time student in an accredited educational institution and such enrollment and full- time attendance is certified by such institution, or a surviving child of any age dependent blind or physically disabled, to such spouse forty per centum of the average wages of the deceased during widowhood or widowerhood[, with two years' compensation in one sum, upon remarriage]; and thirty-five per centum of such wages to such child under the age of S. 4090 6 eighteen years, or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full-time student in an accredited educational institu- tion and such enrollment and full-time attendance is certified by such institution, or a surviving child of any age dependent blind or phys- ically disabled; in the case of the subsequent death of such surviving spouse the surviving child shall have his or her compensation increased to seventy-five per centum of such wages and the same shall be payable so long as he or she is under the age of eighteen years, or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full-time student in an accredited educational institution and such enrollment and full-time attendance is certified by such institution, or a surviving child of any age dependent blind or physically disabled; upon statutory termination of compensation payable to such child, the compensation of the surviving spouse shall be increased to seventy-five per centum of such wages [with two years' compensation, at such rate, in one sum, upon remarriage. Upon remarriage of such surviving spouse, the surviving child shall continue to receive thirty-five per centum of such wages]. Where such death occurs, and the spouse is receiving survivors insurance benefits under the social security act, the death benefit payable under this section shall be reduced by five per centum of the spouse's share of the survivors insurance benefits under the social security act for each ten dollars of deceased's average weekly wage in excess of one hundred dollars; provided that in no case shall such reduction exceed fifty per centum of such spouse's share of the survivors insurance bene- fits under the social security act as set forth in table No. I in subdi- vision one-c of this section. If there be a surviving spouse of an employee of a private voluntary hospital killed in a World Trade Center rescue, who passed a physical examination upon employment as a rescue worker that failed to reveal evidence of a condition that was the proxi- mate cause of death, and two or more surviving children under the age of eighteen years, or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full-time student in an accredited educational institu- tion and such enrollment and full-time attendance is certified by such institution, or a surviving child or children of any age dependent blind or physically disabled and a death occurs on or after September elev- enth, two thousand one, to such spouse forty per centum of the average wage of the deceased during widowhood or widowerhood [with two years' compensation in one sum upon remarriage]; and thirty-five per centum of such wages to such children under the age of eighteen years, or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full-time student in an accredited educational institution and such enrollment and full-time attendance is certified by such institution, or a surviving child or children of any age dependent blind or physically disabled, share and share alike; in case of the subsequent death of such surviving spouse the surviving children shall have their compensation increased to seventy-five per centum of such wages and the aggregate sum shall be payable, share and share alike, so long as they are under the age of eighteen years, or under the age of twenty-three years if enrolled and attending as a full-time student in an accredited educational institu- tion and such enrollment and full-time attendance is certified by such institution, or a surviving child or children of any age dependent blind or physically disabled. [Upon remarriage of such surviving spouse, if there be two surviving children each shall receive thirty-seven and one-half per centum of such wages, and if there are surviving more than two children under the age of eighteen years, or under the age of twen- ty-three if enrolled and attending as a full-time student in an accred- S. 4090 7 ited educational institution and such enrollment and full-time attend- ance is certified by such institution, or a surviving child or children of any age dependant blind or physically disabled, seventy-five per centum of such wages share and share alike.] Upon statutory termination of compensation payable to such children, the compensation of the surviving spouse shall be increased to seventy-five per centum of such wages [with two years' compensation, at such rate, in one sum, upon remarriage]. Where the death occurs on or after September eleventh, two thousand one, and the spouse is receiving survivors insurance benefits under the social security act, the death benefits payable under this section shall be reduced by five per centum of the spouse's share of the survivors insurance benefits under the social security act for each ten dollars of deceased's average weekly wage in excess of one hundred fifty dollars; provided that in no case shall such reduction exceed fifty per centum of said spouse's share of the survivors insurance benefits under the social security act as set forth in table No. II in subdivision two-a of this section. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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