Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 22, 2023 | ordered to third reading cal.1084 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Apr 26, 2023 | print number 3117a |
Apr 26, 2023 | amend (t) and recommit to labor |
Jan 27, 2023 | referred to labor |
senate Bill S3117A
Sponsored By
John W. Mannion
(D) 50th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
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S3117 - Details
S3117 - Summary
Includes Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases as occupational diseases for purposes of workers' compensation; clarifies that disability includes disability caused by Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases; requires insurance coverage of long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne diseases.
S3117 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3117 SPONSOR: MANNION TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE OF THE BILL: The purpose of this bill is to add Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases to the list of occupational diseases where compensation shall be payable for disabilities sustained or death incurred by an employee under the Workers' Compensation Law. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of this bill would amend the Workers' Compensation Law to include Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases as covered under workers' compensation.
S3117 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3117 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- 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 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. LBD01432-01-3
S3117A (ACTIVE) - Details
S3117A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Includes Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases as occupational diseases for purposes of workers' compensation; clarifies that disability includes disability caused by Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases; requires insurance coverage of long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne diseases.
S3117A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3117A SPONSOR: MANNION TITLE OF BILL: 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; and to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage of long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases PURPOSE: This bill would add Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases to the list of occupational diseases for disabilities sustained or death incurred by an employee under the Workers' Compensation Law. Addi- tionally, this bill would require health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
S3117A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3117--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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; and to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage of long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases 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. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 39 to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01432-05-3 S. 3117--A 2
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