Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 27, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A3569
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PERRY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
multi-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Earlene Hooper
John McEneny
Jose Rivera
2009-A3569 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A3569 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3569 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EDDING- TON, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER, McENENY, J. RIVERA, ROBINSON, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to requiring employers or insurance carriers to present substantial evidence when contesting claims THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 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: (c) If the board shall upon a hearing determine that [objections] ANY OBJECTION to an award of compensation OR MEDICAL BENEFITS by the employ- er or insurance carrier [were] WAS interposed without [just cause] SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, it shall state the grounds for such determination and shall require the employer or the insurance carrier to pay to the claimant, in addition to the amount presently due under the award, the sum of three hundred dollars AND PAY THE REASONABLE CLAIMS FOR LEGAL SERVICES INCURRED BY A CLAIMANT AS A RESULT OF THE OBJECTIONS SO INTER- POSED. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to work- ers' compensation claims submitted on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01908-01-9
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