A8480 • 2025

Relates to payment of certain awards for disability

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Sponsor: Harry B. Bronson
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: Passed Senate
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to payment of certain awards for disability

Relates to payment of certain awards for disability 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.

What This Bill Does

Relates to payment of certain awards for disability 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.

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Bill History

2026-05-28 Senate
SUBSTITUTED FOR S8131
2026-05-28 Senate
3RD READING CAL.870
2026-05-28 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-05-28 Senate
RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-03-09 Assembly
PASSED ASSEMBLY
2026-03-09 Assembly
DELIVERED TO SENATE
2026-03-09 Senate
REFERRED TO LABOR
2026-01-07 Senate
DIED IN SENATE
2026-01-07 Senate
RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-01-07 Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.212
2025-06-09 Assembly
PASSED ASSEMBLY
2025-06-09 Assembly
DELIVERED TO SENATE
2025-06-09 Senate
REFERRED TO RULES
2025-06-06 Assembly
REPORTED
2025-06-06 Assembly
RULES REPORT CAL.471
2025-06-06 Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.471
2025-06-05 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
2025-05-20 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
2025-05-16 Assembly
REFERRED TO LABOR

Official Summary Text

Relates to payment of certain awards for disability
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.

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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:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 4 of section 15 of the
     2  workers'  compensation  law,  as  amended  by chapter 168 of the laws of
     3  1979, is amended to read as follows:
     4    An award made to a claimant under subdivision three OF  THIS  SECTION,
     5  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, THE UNACCRUED PORTION OF A NON-SCHEDULE
     6  AWARD, PROVIDED THAT THE CLAIMANT WAS ENTITLED TO BENEFITS AT  THE  TIME
     7  OF  DEATH,  shall,  in  case of death arising from causes other than the
     8  injury, be payable to and for the benefit of the persons following:
     9    § 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