Presumption bill would make comp-related opioid deaths compensable
Posted On: Feb. 3, 2023 11:22 AM CST![opioid](https://bicontent.businessinsurance.com/c96a726c-0065-4285-8c59-c0e44479dec8.jpg)
New York lawmakers will consider a bill that would require employers and workers compensation insurers to cover opioid overdose deaths by presumption.
S.B. 4030, which was sent to a labor committee, states that an overdose death would be compensable if an injured worker was prescribed opioids as a result of his or her workplace injury.
The bill does not include language on rebuttals.