STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

8328

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

June 14, 2019 ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing equitable disability policies

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

1 Section 1. Section 226 of the workers' compensation law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 8-a to read as follows: 3 8-a. No insurance carrier or the state insurance fund who issues, 4 reinstates, amends or endorses any contract of insurance or rider there- 5 to providing the benefits required to be paid under this article shall 6 make or permit any distinction, classification, discrimination, or 7 otherwise recognize any difference, on the basis of race, color, reli- 8 gion, sex, marital status, or national origin, in the amount or payment 9 of premiums or rate charges, or in the benefits payable, or in any of 10 the other terms or conditions of any policy of insurance providing the 11 benefits required to be paid under this article. As used in this 12 section, sex includes, but is not limited to, conditions unique to one's 13 sex, such as pregnancy. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13306-01-9