New York S 6078: Relates to permitting certain claims for compensation based on death due to COVID-19 in memory of Joseph Fletcher

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S06078 Summary:

BILL NOS06078 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00695

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, HELMING, JACKSON, RHOADS, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3-a, Work Comp L

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Enacts the "Joseph Fletcher act"; permits certain claims by essential employees for compensation based on death due to COVID-19 which were previously denied or not timely filed.

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03/05/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

05/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

04/21/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6078

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, FERNANDEZ, HELMING, JACKSON, RHOADS, ROLISON
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to certain
 claims for death benefits based on death due to COVID-19 in memory of
 Joseph Fletcher; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
 the expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Joseph Fletcher act".
 3 § 2. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new section
 4 3-a to read as follows:
 5 § 3-a. Reopening of claims for COVID-19 death benefits. 1. A claim for
 6 death benefits based on a diagnosis of COVID-19 resulting in the death
 7 of the essential employee whose exposure was sustained in service as an
 8 essential worker as defined by executive order 202 issued March seventh,
 9 two thousand twenty and expired June twenty-fourth, two thousand twen-
 10 ty-one shall not be disallowed as barred by section eighteen or section
 11 twenty-eight of this chapter if such claim is filed within one year of
 12 the effective date of this section. Any subsequent claims may be filed
 13 after such period in accordance with sections eighteen and twenty-eight
 14 of this chapter.
 15 2. The board shall permit the filing of claims for death benefits due
 16 to COVID-19 which were previously denied due to section eighteen or
 17 twenty-eight of this chapter prior to the effective date of this
 18 section, and shall, upon application, re-hear and determine such claims.
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 20 deemed repealed two years after such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01700-01-5

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