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Assembly Bill A2133

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to liability for compensation of an employee exposed to a substance which may be anthrax

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2009-A2133 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง10, Work Comp L

2009-A2133 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to liability for compensation of an employee exposed to a substance which the employer, state or local police, paramedics or any other official health or safety agency determines may be anthrax provided such injury occurred during the course of employment.

2009-A2133 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2133

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. JOHN, NOLAN, PERALTA -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Labor

AN  ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to liability
  for compensation of an employee exposed to anthrax in  the  course  of
  their employment

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 10 of the workers' compensation law is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, WHERE AN EMPLOYEE IS
EXPOSED TO A SUBSTANCE WHICH THE EMPLOYER, THE STATE  OR  LOCAL  POLICE,
PARAMEDICS  OR ANY OTHER OFFICIAL HEALTH OR SAFETY AGENCY DETERMINES MAY
BE ANTHRAX, SUCH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY ENTITLED TO ALL TREATMENT
AND CARE AS IS ORDINARILY PROVIDED  FOR  ACCIDENTS  AND  INJURIES  WHICH
OCCUR IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, AND THE COSTS OF SUCH TREATMENT
SHALL  BE DEEMED WITHIN THE COVERAGE PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER'S WORKERS'
COMPENSATION CARRIER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
have been in full force and effect on and after September 11, 2001.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04152-01-9

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