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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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755
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
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:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 10 of the work-
ers' compensation law, as amended by 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, is amended and two new
paragraphs (c) and (d) are added to read as follows:
(b) Where a [worker] POLICE OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTER SUBJECT TO SECTION
THIRTY OF THIS ARTICLE, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, PARAMEDIC, OR
OTHER PERSON CERTIFIED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE IN EMERGENCIES, OR EMER-
GENCY DISPATCHER files a claim for mental injury premised upon extraor-
dinary work-related stress incurred [at work] IN A WORK-RELATED EMERGEN-
CY, the board may not disallow the claim upon a factual finding that the
stress was not greater than that which usually occurs in the normal work
environment.
(C) THE BOARD MAY NOT DISALLOW A CLAIM BY A COVERED EMPLOYEE UPON A
FACTUAL FINDING THAT THE STRESS WAS NOT GREATER THAN THAT WHICH USUALLY
OCCURS IN THE NORMAL WORK ENVIRONMENT WHERE A CLAIM FOR POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER (PTSD), ACUTE STRESS DISORDER OR MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISOR-
DER RESULTING FROM WORK-RELATED STRESS IS FILED UPON SUBMISSION OF
MEDICAL EVIDENCE BASED ON THE CRITERIA CONTAINED IN THE VERSION OF THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS IN EFFECT ON THE
DATE OF ACCIDENT, OR AS OTHERWISE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, PROVIDED THAT
SUCH ADOPTION SHALL BE NO MORE STRINGENT THAN THE CURRENT OR IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING VERSION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL
DISORDERS. SUCH COVERED EMPLOYEE MUST DEMONSTRATE 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.
(D) NOTHING IN PARAGRAPHS (B) AND (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY
TO A CLAIM FOR MENTAL INJURY DUE TO A WORK-RELATED PHYSICAL INJURY.
§ 2. Section 2 of 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, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the [first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which] ONE HUNDRED EIGHTIETH DAY AFTER it shall have
become a law.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
same manner as 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, takes effect.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.