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Assembly Bill A6991

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to subjecting a death benefit to apportionment in proportion to causation

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2015-A6991 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5505
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง16, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S3045

2015-A6991 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to subjecting a death benefit to apportionment in proportion to causation.

2015-A6991 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6991

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to subjecting
  a death benefit to apportionment in proportion to causation

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 16 of the workers' compen-
sation law, as amended by chapter 550 of the laws of 1978, is amended to
read as follows:
  If the injury causes death, the compensation shall be known as a death
benefit and shall be payable in the amount and to or for the benefit  of
the  persons following, SUBJECT TO APPORTIONMENT IN PROPORTION TO CAUSA-
TION:
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08487-01-5

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