S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8614
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 10, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to including
Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases as occupational diseases
for purposes of workers' compensation
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 30 of subdivision 2 of section 3 of the workers'
compensation law, as renumbered by chapter 665 of the laws of 1971, is
renumbered paragraph 31 and a new paragraph 30 is added to read as
follows:
30. LYME DISEASE AND OTHER 30. ANY PROCESS INVOLVING
TICK-BORNE DISEASES. OUTDOOR ACTIVITY OR
TREATMENT OF ANIMALS.
§ 2. The closing paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 3 of the work-
ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 666 of the laws of 1971, is
amended to read as follows:
Nothing in paragraph [thirty] THIRTY-ONE of this subdivision shall be
construed to apply to any disability or death due to any disease
described in paragraph twenty-nine of this subdivision.
§ 3. Subdivision 9 of section 201 of the workers' compensation law is
amended by adding a new paragraph C to read as follows:
C. "DISABILITY" ALSO INCLUDES DISABILITY CAUSED BY OR IN CONNECTION
WITH LYME DISEASE AND OTHER TICK-BORNE DISEASES.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on
or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10762-02-1
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