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Senate Bill S5199
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S5199 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S5199 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5199 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing for the implementation of domestic violence employee awareness and assistance policies by employers and providing a disability benefits insurance premium credit for the implementation thereof PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To encourage employers to implement a voluntary domestic violence employee awareness and assistance policy in the workplace by providing employers a credit in their disability benefits premium. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Adds a new section 210-a to the Workers' Compensation Law to provide employers who implement a domestic violence employee awareness and assistance policy that has been 1) established by the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence; 2) recommended by a domestic violence workplace policy specialist (as certified pursuant to this measure); and 3) has been certified by the Domestic Violence Workplace Policy Panel established pursuant to this measure. JUSTIFICATION : Domestic Violence is a widespread societal problem with consequences reaching beyond the realm of family. More than 20,000 incidents of domestic violence occur within the workplace each year. One-sixth of all workplace homicides of women are committed by a
2009-S5199 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5199 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ 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 providing for the implementation of domestic violence employee awareness and assistance policies by employers and providing a disability benefits insurance premium credit for the implementation thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new section 210-a to read as follows: S 210-A. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMPLOYEE AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE POLICY; CERTIFICATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKPLACE POLICY SPECIALISTS. 1. EMPLOYERS INSURED THROUGH THE STATE FUND OR ANY OTHER INSURER THAT ISSUES POLICIES PROVIDING DISABILITY BENEFITS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CREDIT IN DISABILITY BENEFITS PREMIUMS IF THEY IMPLEMENT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMPLOYEE AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE POLICY THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RECOMMENDED BY A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKPLACE POLICY SPECIALIST AND CERTIFIED BY THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKPLACE POLICY PANEL ESTAB- LISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. THE CREDIT, WHICH SHALL BE FIVE PERCENT OF THE DISABILITY BENEFITS INSURANCE PREMIUM FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMPLOYEE AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE POLICY, SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYER AT THE END OF THE POLICY YEAR. THE CREDIT SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH A POLICY SHALL HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS DURING THE FIRST YEAR FOR WHICH THE CREDIT IS SOUGHT, AND THAT THE POLICY SHALL HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR A FULL TWELVE MONTHS DURING THE SECOND YEAR FOR WHICH THE CREDIT IS SOUGHT. 2. A SELF-INSURED EMPLOYER SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE SECURITY DEPOSIT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE IF SUCH EMPLOYER HAS IMPLEMENTED A DOMES- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02172-01-9
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