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Assembly Bill A8480

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to payment of certain awards for disability

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2025-A8480 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8131
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15, Work Comp L

2025-A8480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes the unaccrued portion of a non-schedule award in the amounts to be payable to and for the benefit of certain persons where a claimant was entitled to death benefits at the time of death.

2025-A8480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8480
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to payment of
   certain awards for disability
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 4 of section 15 of the
 workers'  compensation  law,  as  amended  by chapter 168 of the laws of
 1979, is amended to read as follows:
   An award made to a claimant under subdivision three OF  THIS  SECTION,
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, THE UNACCRUED PORTION OF A NON-SCHEDULE
 AWARD, PROVIDED THAT THE CLAIMANT WAS ENTITLED TO BENEFITS AT  THE  TIME
 OF  DEATH,  shall,  in  case of death arising from causes other than the
 injury, be payable to and for the benefit of the persons following:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13124-01-5

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