NY A00131 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-06 - referred to labor
Pending: Assembly Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-06 - referred to labor
Pending: Assembly Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Exempts occupational disease caused by occupational exposure to tobacco smoke from 2 year filing limit for workers' compensation provided such claims were filed within two years of disablement and after the claimant knew or should have known that the disease was due to the nature of employment.
Title
Exempts occupational disease caused by occupational exposure to tobacco smoke from 2 year filing limit for workers' compensation provided such claims were filed within two years of disablement and after the claimant knew or should have known that the disease was due to the nature of employment.
Sponsors
| Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D] | Asm. Richard Gottfried [D] | Asm. Sandra Galef [D] | Asm. Ellen Jaffee [D] |
| Asm. David McDonough [R] | Asm. Fred Thiele [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-06 | Assembly | referred to labor |
| 2015-01-07 | Assembly | referred to labor |
