S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
October 13, 2010
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Kavanagh) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to payment of
disability benefits
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 25 of the work-
ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1996, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The compensation herein provided for shall be paid periodically
and promptly in like manner as wages, and as it accrues, and directly to
the person entitled thereto without waiting for an award by the board,
including those cases previously established and closed by the board
upon receipt of an application to reopen such case, except in those
cases in which the right to compensation is controverted by the employ-
er. ANY INQUIRY WHICH REQUIRES THE EMPLOYEE'S RESPONSE IN ORDER TO
CONTINUE BENEFITS UNINTERRUPTED OR UNMODIFIED SHALL PROVIDE A REASONABLE
TIME PERIOD IN WHICH TO RESPOND AND INCLUDE A CLEAR AND PROMINENT STATE-
MENT OF THE DEADLINE FOR RESPONDING AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF FAILING TO
RESPOND.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD18090-02-0