Assembly Bill A1251

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the direct deposit of workers' compensation benefits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A1251 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1298
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §25, Work Comp L; amd §2, Chap of 2020 (as proposed in S.7210 & A.7579)

2021-A1251 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires an injured worker or person entitled to a death benefit to be provided with the option to have the compensation payment made through direct deposit, and requires such person be given notice of such option and the means necessary to enroll.

2021-A1251 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1251
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the direct
   deposit of benefits; and amending a chapter of the laws of 2020 amend-
   ing the workers' compensation law relating to the  direct  deposit  of
   benefits,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7210 and A.7579,
   in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  9 of section 25 of the workers' compensation
 law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending  the  workers'
 compensation law relating to the direct deposit of benefits, as proposed
 in  legislative  bills  numbers S.7210 and A.7579, is amended to read as
 follows:
   9. Direct deposit.  (a)  Compensation  payments  [or  any  portion  of
 compensation  payments]  shall  be  [allowed] REQUIRED, upon the written
 request from an injured worker or a person entitled to a  death  benefit
 provided  by  this  chapter,  to be deposited directly in a bank for any
 purpose to an account in the name of such injured worker or person enti-
 tled to [a] death [benefit] BENEFITS, [on forms provided by the  board,]
 and duly filed in accordance with such regulations. Each person eligible
 to receive payment of compensation or [a] death [benefit] BENEFITS under
 this  section shall be notified of the option to receive such payment in
 the form of direct deposit FROM THE CARRIER  OR  SELF-INSURED  EMPLOYER,
 such  notice  to be promulgated by the board. Such eligible person shall
 also be provided the [forms] MEANS necessary to enroll in direct deposit
 pursuant to this paragraph IN A MANNER SPECIFIED BY REGULATIONS  OF  THE
 BOARD at the same time as notice is given pursuant to this paragraph.
   (b)  The board is hereby authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and
 regulations, as may be necessary, to administer the  direct  deposit  of
 [injured worker's] compensation payments. [In regard to the deposit of a

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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