NY A03817 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-03 - 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.

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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.

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History

DateChamberAction
2018-01-03Assemblyreferred to labor
2017-01-30Assemblyreferred to labor

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