New York Senate Bill 1981 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO LABOR
Pending: Senate Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that where a correction officer, sergeant, captain, corporal, lieutenant, deputy warden or warden employed by the New York state department of corrections and community supervision, the department of correction of the city of New York or any county or municipality files a claim for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred in a work-related emergency, the board may not disallow the claim, upon a factual finding that the stress was not greater than that which usually occurs in the normal work environment.

Provides that where a correction officer, sergeant, captain, corporal, lieutenant, deputy warden or warden employed by the New York state department of corrections and community supervision, the department of correction of the city of New York or any county or municipality files a claim for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred in a work-related emergency, the board may not disallow the claim, upon a factual finding that the stress was not greater than that which usually occurs in the normal work environment.

Sen. Diane Savino [D]

Sen. Patrick Gallivan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	Senate	REFERRED TO LABOR
2019-01-18	Senate	REFERRED TO LABOR

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1981
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01981&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S01981