S 9998 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Exempts unpaid student interns from coverage under workers' compensation

This bill modifies the workers' compensation law to exclude unpaid student interns from coverage. It directly affects students enrolled in secondary schools, charter schools, or cooperative educational services who participate in unpaid internship or externship programs. The legislation defines a "student intern" as someone whose primary purpose in the program is educational or training-related, and it removes them from the legal definition of "employment" for the purposes of this specific insurance law. By making this change, the bill ensures that these specific unpaid trainees are not considered employees under the workers' compensation system.
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Introduced Apr 21, 2026 Last action Apr 21, 2026
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