Senate Bill S662

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S662 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7038
2013-2014: S545

2015-S662 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty.

2015-S662 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S662 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   662

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to establish-
  ing the veterans' special disability fund  to  provide  incentives  to
  employers  to  hire  veterans who have sustained an injury or physical
  impairment during active military duty

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Clause (A) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph (h) of subdivi-
sion 8 of section 15 of the workers' compensation  law,  as  amended  by
section 8 of part GG of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a
new subparagraph 7 is added to read as follows:
  (A)  No  carrier  or employer, or the state insurance fund, may file a
claim for reimbursement from the special disability fund, for an  injury
or  illness  with  a date of accident or date of disablement on or after
July first, two thousand seven UNLESS  SUCH  CLAIM  SEEKS  REIMBURSEMENT
PURSUANT  TO  THE  VETERANS'  SPECIAL  DISABILITY FUND AS ESTABLISHED IN
SUBPARAGRAPH SEVEN OF THIS PARAGRAPH.  No carrier or  employer,  or  the
state  insurance  fund,  may  file  a  claim  for reimbursement from the
special disability fund after July first, two thousand ten, and no writ-
ten submissions or evidence in support of such a claim may be  submitted
after that date.
  (7)(A)  ON  OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AN EMPLOYER, OR
THE EMPLOYER'S INSURANCE CARRIER, MAY FILE  A  CLAIM  FOR  REIMBURSEMENT
FROM THE VETERANS' SPECIAL DISABILITY FUND, AS ESTABLISHED IN CLAUSE (D)
OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH, FOR WAGES PAID TO A CLAIMANT FOR PERMANENT TOTAL
OR PARTIAL DISABILITY OF THE CLAIMANT. SUCH CLAIM MAY BE  FILED  REGARD-
LESS OF THE DATE SUCH INJURY, IMPAIRMENT OR DISABLEMENT WAS SUSTAINED BY
THE VETERAN.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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