New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A8482: Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on attachment to the labor market
Status: Passed both chambers, June 4, 2026
Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on a claim that such workers have voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market by not seeking alternate employment that their injury or illness does not preclude them from performing.
What the bill says
An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to prohibiting insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on attachment to the labor market.
From the amended text, May 4, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to prohibiting insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on attachment to the labor market THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph w of subdivision 3 of section 15 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by section 1 of subpart A of part NNN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: w. Other cases. In all other cases of permanent partial disability, the compensation shall be sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the difference between the injured employee's average weekly wages and [his or her] SUCH INJURED EMPLOYEE'S wage-earning capacity thereafter in the same employment or otherwise. Compensation under this paragraph shall be payable during the continuance of such permanent partial disability, [without the necessity for the claimant who is entitled to benefits at the time of classification to demonstrate ongoing attachment to the labor market, but] subject to reconsideration of the degree of such impairment by the board on its own motion or upon application of any party in interest however, all compensation payable under this paragraph shall not exceed (i) five hundred twenty-five weeks in cases in which the loss of wage-earning capacity …
Sponsors
- Catalina Cruz (D, 39) · primary sponsor
- Harry Bronson (D, 138)
- Jonathan Jacobson (D, 104)
- Angelo Santabarbara (D, 111)
- Nader Sayegh (D, 90)
- Judy Griffin (D, 21)
- Steven Otis (D, 91)
- Philip Ramos (D, 6)
Latest actions
- : RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- : PASSED SENATE
- : 3RD READING CAL.1713
- : SUBSTITUTED FOR S6376A
- : REFERRED TO FINANCE
- : DELIVERED TO SENATE
- : PASSED ASSEMBLY
- : AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8482A
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.213
- : RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Votes
- Senate Floor Vote (June 4, 2026): 60 yea, 0 nay, passed
- FLOOR Vote (June 4, 2026): 60 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (May 13, 2026): 125 yea, 10 nay, passed
Subjects: Workers' Compensation Law
Common questions
- What is A8482?
- A8482 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on attachment to the labor market.
- What does A8482 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to prohibiting insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on attachment to the labor market.
- What is the status of A8482?
- Passed both chambers as of June 4, 2026. Latest action: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (June 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored A8482?
- Catalina Cruz (D, 39), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A8482?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8482
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