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Senate Bill S2461

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Directs the chairman of the workers' compensation board to appoint and employ a referee to hear claims at each hearing part in the city of New York

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2013-S2461 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4958
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง141, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7116
2015-2016: S4653

2013-S2461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the chairman of the workers' compensation board to appoint and employ a referee to hear claims in each county in the city of New York.

2013-S2461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2461

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to  directing
  the  chairman  of the workers' compensation board to appoint a referee
  to investigate, review and hear claims at each hearing part within the
  city of New York

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

  Section  1. Section 141 of the workers' compensation law is amended by
adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
  THE CHAIRMAN SHALL APPOINT AND EMPLOY REFEREES TO BE PHYSICALLY  PRES-
ENT  AT EACH HEARING PART OPERATING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK, TO INVESTIGATE, REVIEW AND HEAR CLAIMS AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE
CENTER OR DISTRICT OFFICE  WHERE  THE  CLAIMANT  RESIDES  OR  ELECTS  TO
ATTEND;  PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT IN THE EVENT OF THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF
THE APPROPRIATE REFEREE, AND WHERE NO OTHER REFEREE IS PHYSICALLY AVAIL-
ABLE TO APPEAR, A HEARING MAY BE HELD BY MEANS OF VIDEOCONFERENCE  BY  A
REFEREE APPEARING FROM A LOCATION OUTSIDE OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER
OR  DISTRICT  OFFICE  OF  THE HEARING.   NO CLAIMANT RESIDING WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE TO CROSS A BRIDGE TO TRAV-
EL TO A HEARING LOCATION, UNLESS THEY OPT TO DO SO AT THEIR REQUEST.
  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.
                                                           LBD05598-01-3

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