Assembly Bill A1817

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires uncontroverted workers' compensation claim hearings to be heard within 20 days of the filing of an application therefor

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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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2011-A1817 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง25, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A11337

2011-A1817 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires uncontroverted workers' compensation claim hearings to be heard within 20 days of the filing of an application therefor.

2011-A1817 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1817

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Labor

AN  ACT  to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the time
  period in which a hearing must be held

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 25 of the work-
ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 1986,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (b)  Nothing  [herein]  IN  THIS  SECTION shall limit the right of the
board in a particular case to hold  a  hearing  and  make  an  award  in
accordance  with  other  provisions  of  this  chapter. No case shall be
closed without notice to all parties interested and  without  giving  to
all  such  parties  an  opportunity to be heard. A HEARING SHALL BE HELD
BEFORE A REFEREE WITHIN TWENTY DAYS OF THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION  FOR
A  HEARING, ACCOMPANIED BY SUPPORTING EVIDENCE, MADE BY ANY PARTY IN ANY
CASE, UNLESS SUCH CASE IS INITIALLY CONTROVERTED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04801-01-1

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