S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1569
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, JORDAN, HAWLEY, CORWIN, RAIA, MONTESANO --
read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to removing
the mandatory aggregate trust fund deposit requirements for non-sche-
duled permanent partial disability cases
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 27 of the workers' compensation
law, as amended by chapter 6 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
follows:
2. If an award under this chapter requires payment of death benefits
or other compensation by an insurance carrier or employer in periodical
payments, the board may, in its discretion, at any time, any provision
of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, compute and permit or
require to be paid into the aggregate trust fund an amount equal to the
present value of all unpaid death benefits or other compensation in
cases in which awards are made for total permanent or permanent partial
disability for a period of one hundred and four weeks or more, for which
liability exists, together with such additional sum as the board may
deem necessary for a proportionate payment of expenses of administering
the fund so created, including the cost of the actuarial computation by
or on behalf of the board of the present value of the award, and for the
purposes of this section such cases shall be known as discretionary type
cases. If any such award made on or after July first, nineteen hundred
thirty-five, requires payment for total permanent disability resulting
from the loss of both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs,
or both eyes, or of any two thereof, or for permanent partial disability
resulting from loss of an arm, leg, hand, foot or eye, or of death bene-
fits by an insurance carrier which is a stock corporation or mutual
association, [or if any such award made on or after July first, two
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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thousand seven requires payment for permanent partial disability under
paragraph w of subdivision three of section fifteen of this article by
an insurance carrier which is a stock corporation or mutual associ-
ation,] which for the purposes of this section shall be known as manda-
tory type cases, the board shall immediately compute the present value
thereof and require payment of such amount into the aggregate trust
fund, together with such additional sum as the board may deem necessary
for a proportionate payment of expenses of administering such trust fund
including the cost of the actuarial computation by or on behalf of the
board of the present value of the award provided, however, that where an
employer or his insurance carrier is found to be entitled to reimburse-
ment from the special disability fund of subdivision eight of section
fifteen OF THIS ARTICLE, the computation of the present value of the
award and the requirement for payment of such amount into the said trust
fund shall not be mandatory and such cases shall be deemed to be discre-
tionary type cases; further provided that where an employee entitled to
compensation under this chapter be injured or killed by the negligence
or wrong of another not in the same employ, the computation of the pres-
ent value and the requirement for payment of such amount into the said
trust fund shall be held in abeyance until (1) six months have elapsed
from the award of compensation, or in any event not more than one year
after the date of the accident, if the injured employee, or in case of
death, his personal representatives, spouse, parents, dependents or next
of kin, or anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages at common law or
otherwise, on account of such injury or death, have failed to commence
such action, (2) the termination of any such action brought by the
injured employee, or in case of death, his personal representatives,
spouse, parents, dependents or next of kin, or anyone otherwise entitled
to recover damages, at common law or otherwise, on account of such inju-
ry or death, under the provisions of section twenty-nine of this arti-
cle.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to any
award made on or after such date.