Relates to eligibility for classification as permanent total disability

Relates to eligibility for classification as permanent total disability; includes inability to perform the full range of sedentary work or approval for federal social security disability benefits as a result of a compensable accident or occupational disease as constituting permanent total disability.

VETO MESSAGE - No. 102 TO THE ASSEMBLY: I am returning herewith, without my approval, the following bill: Assembly Bill Number 2748, entitled: "AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to eligibility for classification as permanent total disability" NOT APPROVED This bill would require a finding of permanent total disability for purposes of workers' compensation benefits when there is inability to perform the full range of sedentary work or there is approval for feder- al social security disability benefits as a result of a compensable accident or occupational disease and there is no conclusive proof to the contrary. Approval for federal social security disability benefits utilizes a different standard than the Workers' Compensation Law, taking into account injuries and medical conditions that are both related and unre- lated to employment. Adopting this standard would ...