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Assembly Bill A5923

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to payment of disability benefits

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2011-A5923 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4176
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง25, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11711
2013-2014: A2699, S3679

2011-A5923 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to payment of disability benefits.

2011-A5923 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5923

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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.
                                                           LBD00057-01-1

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