S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1161--A
Cal. No. 254
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, MAY, RYAN -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to schedule
in case of disability
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 15 of the work-
ers' compensation law, as amended by section 7-a of part GG of chapter
57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Compensation for permanent or temporary total disability due to an
accident or disablement resulting from an occupational disease that
occurs, (1) on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight,
shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars per week, that occurs
(2) on or after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, shall not
exceed one hundred eighty dollars per week, that occurs (3) on or after
January first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine, shall not exceed two
hundred fifteen dollars per week, that occurs (4) on or after July
first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, shall not exceed two hundred
fifty-five dollars per week, that occurs (5) on or after July first,
nineteen hundred eighty-four, shall not exceed two hundred seventy-five
dollars per week, that occurs (6) on or after July first, nineteen
hundred eighty-five, shall not exceed three hundred dollars per week,
that occurs (7) on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety, shall
not exceed three hundred forty dollars per week; and in the case of
temporary total disability shall not be less than thirty dollars per
week and in the case of permanent total disability shall not be less
than twenty dollars per week except that if the employee's wages at the
time of injury are less than thirty or twenty dollars per week respec-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04567-02-3
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tively, he or she shall receive his or her full weekly wages. Compen-
sation for permanent or temporary partial disability due to an accident
or disablement resulting from an occupational disease that occurs (1) on
or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, shall not exceed
one hundred five dollars per week, that occurs (2) on or after July
first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, shall not exceed one hundred twen-
ty-five dollars per week, that occurs (3) on or after July first, nine-
teen hundred eighty-four, shall not exceed one hundred thirty-five
dollars per week, that occurs (4) on or after July first, nineteen
hundred eighty-five, shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per
week, that occurs (5) on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety,
shall not exceed two hundred eighty dollars per week; nor be less than
twenty dollars per week; except that if the employee's wages at the time
of injury are less than twenty dollars per week, he or she shall receive
his or her full weekly wages. In no event shall compensation when
combined with decreased earnings or earning capacity exceed the amount
of wages which the employee was receiving at the time the injury
occurred. Compensation for permanent or temporary partial disability, or
for permanent or temporary total disability due to an accident or disa-
blement resulting from an occupational disease that occurs (1) on or
after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one and prior to July first,
nineteen hundred ninety-two, shall not exceed three hundred fifty
dollars per week; (2) on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-
two, shall not exceed four hundred dollars per week; nor be less than
forty dollars per week except that if the employee's wages at the time
of injury are less than forty dollars per week, the employee shall
receive his or her full wages. Compensation for permanent or temporary
partial disability, or for permanent or temporary total disability due
to an accident or disablement resulting from an occupational disease
that occurs (1) on or after July first, two thousand seven shall not
exceed five hundred dollars per week, (2) on or after July first, two
thousand eight shall not exceed five hundred fifty dollars per week, (3)
on or after July first, two thousand nine shall not exceed six hundred
dollars per week, and (4) on or after July first, two thousand ten, and
on or after July first of each succeeding year, shall not exceed two-
thirds of the New York state average weekly wage for the year in which
it is reported. Compensation for permanent or temporary partial disabil-
ity, or for permanent or temporary total disability due to an accident
or disablement resulting from an occupational disease that occurs on or
after July first, two thousand seven shall not be less than one hundred
dollars per week except that if the employee's wages at the time of
injury are less than one hundred dollars per week, the employee shall
receive his or her full wages. Compensation for permanent or temporary
partial disability, or for permanent or temporary total disability due
to an accident or disablement resulting from an occupational disease
that occurs on or after May first, two thousand thirteen shall not be
less than one hundred fifty dollars per week except that if the employ-
ee's wages at the time of injury are less than one hundred fifty dollars
per week, the employee shall receive his or her full wages. COMPEN-
SATION FOR PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY PARTIAL DISABILITY, OR FOR PERMANENT
OR TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY DUE TO AN ACCIDENT OR DISABLEMENT RESULT-
ING FROM AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE THAT OCCURS ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
FIVE SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER WEEK
EXCEPT THAT IF THE EMPLOYEE'S WAGES AT THE TIME OF INJURY ARE LESS THAN
TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER WEEK, THE EMPLOYEE SHALL RECEIVE
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HIS OR HER FULL WAGES. COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY PARTIAL
DISABILITY, OR FOR PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY DUE TO AN
ACCIDENT OR DISABLEMENT RESULTING FROM AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE THAT
OCCURS ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AND BEFORE
JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER WEEK EXCEPT THAT IF THE EMPLOYEE'S WAGES AT THE
TIME OF INJURY ARE LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER WEEK,
THE EMPLOYEE SHALL RECEIVE HIS OR HER FULL WAGES. COMPENSATION FOR
PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY PARTIAL DISABILITY, OR FOR PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY
TOTAL DISABILITY DUE TO AN ACCIDENT OR DISABLEMENT RESULTING FROM AN
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE THAT OCCURS ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY-SIX AND ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST OF EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR SHALL NOT
BE LESS THAN ONE-FIFTH OF THE NEW YORK STATE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE FOR THE
YEAR IN WHICH IT IS REPORTED EXCEPT THAT IF THE EMPLOYEE'S WEEKLY WAGES
ARE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN ONE-FIFTH OF THE NEW YORK STATE AVERAGE WEEKLY
WAGE FOR THE YEAR IN WHICH IT IS REPORTED, THE EMPLOYEE SHALL RECEIVE
HIS OR HER FULL WAGES. In no event shall compensation when combined with
decreased earnings or earning capacity exceed the amount of wages the
employee was receiving at the time the injury occurred. Compensation for
permanent or temporary partial disability, or for permanent or temporary
total disability due to an accident or disablement resulting from an
occupational disease or injury that occurred as a result of World Trade
Center rescue activity by an employee of a private voluntary hospital,
who passed a physical examination upon employment as a rescue worker
that failed to reveal evidence of a condition that was the proximate
cause of disablement or occupational disease or injury, shall not exceed
three-quarters of a claimant's wage on September eleventh, two thousand
one. In no event shall compensation when combined with decreased earn-
ings or earning capacity exceed the amount of wages the employee was
receiving on September eleventh, two thousand one.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
