New York A 1677: Relates to claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred at work

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A01677 Summary:

BILL NOA01677 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00755

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SPONSORReyes

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COSPNSRSantabarbara, Colton

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §10, Work Comp L; amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.6635 & A.5745)

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Relates to claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred at work, including claims for post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder or major depressive disorder resulting from work-related stress when demonstrated that such disorder arose out of extraordinary work-related stress attributable to a distinct work-related event or events directly related to the employment and occurring during the performance of the employee's job duties; amends the effectiveness thereof.

Go to top A01677 Actions:

BILL NOA01677 

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01/10/2025referred to labor

01/28/2025reported referred to rules

01/28/2025reported 

01/28/2025rules report cal.79

01/28/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.79

02/04/2025substituted by s755

&nbspS00755 AMEND= RAMOS

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.30

&nbsp02/03/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/03/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/03/2025referred to labor

&nbsp02/04/2025substituted for a1677

&nbsp02/04/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.79

&nbsp02/04/2025passed assembly

&nbsp02/04/2025returned to senate

&nbsp02/12/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/14/2025SIGNED CHAP.79

Go to topA01677 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LABOR Chair:Bronson 
DATE:01/28/2025AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules BronsonAyeDursoAye

ColtonAyeBrabenecAye

BenedettoAyeDiPietroAye

HevesiAyeMorinelloAye

RozicAyeDeStefanoAye

SteckAyeGiglioAye

CruzAyeSlaterAye

ReyesAyeNorberAye

RamosAyeSempolinskiAye

JacobsonAye

ZinermanAye

TaylorAye

TapiaAye

LucasAbsent

AlvarezAye

RagaAye

RiveraAye

BoresAye

SimoneAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Heastie 
DATE:01/28/2025AYE/NAY:31/0 Action: Favorable HeastieAyeBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA01677 Floor&nbspVotes:

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Go to topA01677 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1677

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to claims for
 mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress; and to
 amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the workers' compensation
 law relating to claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary
 work-related stress, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6635
 and A. 5745, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 10 of the work-
 2 ers' compensation law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024
 3 amending the workers' compensation law relating to claims for mental
 4 injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress, as proposed in
 5 legislative bills numbers S. 6635 and A. 5745, is amended and two new
 6 paragraphs (c) and (d) are added to read as follows:
 7 (b) Where a [worker] police officer or firefighter subject to section
 8 thirty of this article, or emergency medical technician, paramedic, or
 9 other person certified to provide medical care in emergencies, or emer-
 10 gency dispatcher files a claim for mental injury premised upon extraor-
 11 dinary work-related stress incurred [at work] in a work-related emergen-
 12 cy, the board may not disallow the claim upon a factual finding that the
 13 stress was not greater than that which usually occurs in the normal work
 14 environment.
 15 (c) The board may not disallow a claim by a covered employee upon a
 16 factual finding that the stress was n