Assembly Bill A6457

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A6457 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5237
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A887
2013-2014: A1912

2009-A6457 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty.

2009-A6457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6457

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, SCARBOROUGH, SCHROEDER, PERRY, LUPARDO,
  KOON, BENEDETTO, BRADLEY, GREENE, COOK,  GUNTHER,  COLTON,  ESPAILLAT,
  N. RIVERA,  CUSICK,  SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
  BOYLAND, CAHILL, CHRISTENSEN, CLARK, DIAZ, JACOBS,  JAFFEE,  V. LOPEZ,
  MAISEL,  MILLMAN,  NOLAN,  PEOPLES, PHEFFER, REILLY, ROBINSON, STIRPE,
  SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Labor

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to establish-
  ing  the  veterans'  special  disability fund to provide incentives to
  employers to hire veterans who have sustained an  injury  or  physical
  impairment during military active duty

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

  Section 1. Clause (A) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph (h)  of  subdivi-
sion  8  of  section  15 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by
chapter 6 of the laws of 2007, is amended and a new  subparagraph  8  is
added to read as follows:
  (A)  No  carrier  or employer, or the state insurance fund, may file a
claim for reimbursement from the special disability fund, for an  injury
or  illness  with  a date of accident or date of disablement on or after
July first, two thousand seven UNLESS  SUCH  CLAIM  SEEKS  REIMBURSEMENT
PURSUANT  TO  THE  VETERANS'  SPECIAL  DISABILITY FUND AS ESTABLISHED IN
SUBPARAGRAPH EIGHT OF THIS PARAGRAPH.  No carrier or  employer,  or  the
state  insurance  fund,  may  file  a  claim  for reimbursement from the
special disability fund after July first, two thousand ten, and no writ-
ten submissions or evidence in support of such a claim may be  submitted
after that date.
  (8)(A)  ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE, AN EMPLOYER, OR THE
EMPLOYER'S INSURANCE CARRIER, MAY FILE A CLAIM  FOR  REIMBURSEMENT  FROM
THE  VETERANS'  SPECIAL DISABILITY FUND, AS ESTABLISHED IN CLAUSE (D) OF
THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, FOR WAGES PAID TO A CLAIMANT FOR PERMANENT  TOTAL  OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09970-02-9
              

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