Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to labor returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 01, 2011 |
referred to labor delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 09, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
May 04, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
May 03, 2011 |
1st report cal.438 |
Jan 18, 2011 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S2138
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2011-S2138 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §137, Work Comp L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S3382
2011-S2138 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2138 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to eliminating the requirement that copies of the report of independent medical examination must be submitted to all parties in the same manner SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The bill amends Worker's Compensation Law § 137(1) (a) to allow an independent medical examiner's report to be submitted to the Worker's Compensation Board in the manner set by the Chair of the Board on the same day it is submitted to the carrier, the claimant's physician, the claimant's representative and the claimant. EXISTING LAW: Worker's Compensation Law § 137(1) (a) currently requires that an independent medical examiner's report be submitted on the same day and in the same manner to the Board, the insurance carrier, the claimant's attending physician or other attending practitioner, the claimant's representative and the claimant. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-S2138 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2138 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to eliminat- ing the requirement that copies of the report of independent medical examination must be submitted to all parties in the same manner THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 137 of the work- ers' compensation law, as added by chapter 473 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: (a) (I) A copy of each report of independent medical examination shall be submitted by the practitioner on the same day and in the same manner to [the board,] the insurance carrier, the claimant's attending physi- cian or other attending practitioner, the claimant's representative and the claimant. (II) A COPY OF THE REPORT OF INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD IN THE MANNER OR MANNERS PRESCRIBED BY THE CHAIR ON THE SAME DAY THAT IT IS SUBMITTED TO THE INSURANCE CARRIER, THE CLAIMANT'S ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR OTHER ATTENDING PRACTITIONER, THE CLAIMANT'S REPRESENTATIVE AND THE CLAIMANT. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06811-01-1
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