Assembly Bill A5788

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the continuation of death benefits to a surviving spouse regardless of remarriage

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A5788 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, Work Comp L

2023-A5788 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the continuation of death benefits to a surviving spouse regardless of remarriage.

2023-A5788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5788
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  workers'  compensation  law, in relation to the
   continuation of death benefits to a  surviving  spouse  regardless  of
   remarriage
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1-b, 1-c, 1-d, 2, 2-a and 2-b of section 16 of
 the workers' compensation law, subdivisions 1-b, 1-c and 2 as amended by
 chapter 168 of the laws of 1979, subdivisions 1-d and 2-b  as  added  by
 chapter 689 of the laws of 2007, and subdivision 2-a as amended by chap-
 ter  174  of  the laws of 1981, are amended and a new subdivision 2-c is
 added to read as follows:
   1-b. If there be a surviving spouse and no child of the deceased under
 the age of eighteen years and no child of any  age  dependent  blind  or
 physically  disabled, and the death occurs on or after July first, nine-
 teen hundred forty-eight, and prior to January first,  nineteen  hundred
 seventy-eight,  to  such spouse forty per centum of the average wages of
 the deceased [during widowhood or widowerhood with  two  years'  compen-
 sation  in one sum, upon remarriage]; and where the death occurred prior
 to July first, nineteen hundred forty-eight, to such wife (or  dependent
 husband) thirty per centum of such wages [during widowhood (or dependent
 widowerhood) with two years' compensation in one sum, upon remarriage].
   1-c. If there be a surviving spouse and no child of the deceased under
 the  age  of  eighteen  years  or under the age of twenty-three years if
 enrolled and attending as a full time student in  an  accredited  educa-
 tional  institution  and  such  enrollment  and  full time attendance is
 certified by such institution and no child of any age dependent blind or
 physically disabled, and the death occurs on  or  after  January  first,
 nineteen  hundred seventy-eight, to such spouse sixty-six and two-thirds
 per centum of the average wages of the  deceased  [during  widowhood  or

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01441-01-3
              

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