A 10205: Provides for cost-of-living adjustments of disability benefits for an employee with a permanent total disability to be based on an increase of the consumer price index as promulgated by the U.S. department of labor.
What A 10205 does, verified February 20, 2026
The bill aims to provide cost-of-living adjustments to certain disability benefits in New York. Employees with permanent total disabilities or their beneficiaries will be entitled to an additional allowance, known as a cost-of-living adjustment allowance, payable annually. The allowance will be computed based on a 50% adjustment of the annual increase in the consumer price index as promulgated by the US Department of Labor. This adjustment will help keep pace with inflation and ensure that disability benefits keep up with the rising cost of living. The changes will take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date the bill becomes a law.
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Last action: referred to labor (2026-02-12)Alert me
Quick answers about A 10205
- What is the current status of A 10205?
- As of February 20, 2026, A 10205 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on February 12, 2026, was "referred to labor".
- Did A 10205 pass?
- Not yet. A 10205 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 10205, and where is it now?
- A 10205 was authored by Asm. Paula Elaine Kay. Its committee of record is Assembly Labor. It is filed under WKC, alongside 16 other New York WKC bills this session.
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| Feb. 12, 2026 | referred to labor |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 12, 2026 · 389 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10205 IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2026 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing for cost-of-living adjustments of disability benefits in certain cases The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 15 of the workers' compensation law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 3 10. Cost-of-living adjustments of disability benefits in certain 4 cases. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to 5 any other amount received pursuant to this article as disability bene- 6 fits, an employee with a permanent total disability or the beneficiary- 7 dependent of such employee shall be entitled to an additional allowance, 8 to be known as a cost-of-living adjustment allowance, payable annually. 9 (b) The cost-of-living adjustment allowance shall be computed by 10 applying an adjustment for regional costs of living and shall be based 11 on fifty percent of the annual increase in the consumer price index as 12 promulgated by the United States department of labor. 13 § 2. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new section 14 208-a to read as follows: 15 § 208-a. Cost-of-living adjustments of disability benefits in certain 16 cases. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any 17 other amount received pursuant to this article as disability benefits, 18 an employee with a permanent total disability or the beneficiary-depen- 19 dent of such employee shall be entitled to an additional allowance, to 20 be known as a cost-of-living adjustment allowance, payable annually. 21 2. The cost-of-living adjustment allowance shall be computed by apply- 22 ing an adjustment for regional costs of living and shall be based on 23 fifty percent of the annual increase in the consumer price index as 24 promulgated by the United States department of labor. 25 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 26 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14407-01-6
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