Assembly Bill A4825

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to workers' compensation; repealer

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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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2017-A4825 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §10 sub 4, amd Work Comp L, generally; amd §169, Exec L; amd §2313, Ins L; amd §71, Civ Serv L; amd §460.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8124
2019-2020: A6164

2017-A4825 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to workers' compensation; establishes the advisory committee on independent medical examinations to advise, counsel and confer with the chair and executive director on matters of policy in connection with the administration and enforcement of laws and regulations relating to independent medical examinations; establishes within the workers' compensation board an office of the independent medical examination inspector general; relates to cost-of-living adjustments of disability benefits

2017-A4825 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4825
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, the  executive  law,  the
   insurance law, the civil service law and the penal law, in relation to
   workers'  compensation;  and to repeal certain provisions of the work-
   ers' compensation law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4 of section 10 of the workers' compensation
 law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 12 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 500 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   §  12.  Compensation not allowed for first seven days. No compensation
 shall be allowed for the first seven  days  of  disability,  except  the
 benefits  provided  for  in  section thirteen of this chapter, provided,
 however, that in case the injury results  in  disability  of  more  than
 [fourteen]  SEVEN  days, the compensation shall be allowed from the date
 of the disability.
   § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 13-a of the workers'  compensation  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter 6 of the laws of 2007 and as further amended by
 section 104 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (5)  No  claim  for  specialist  consultations,  surgical  operations,
 physiotherapeutic or occupational therapy procedures, x-ray examinations
 or special diagnostic laboratory tests costing more than [one] TWO thou-
 sand dollars shall be valid and enforceable, as against  such  employer,
 unless  such special services shall have been authorized by the employer
 or by the board, or unless  such  authorization  has  been  unreasonably
 withheld,  or withheld for a period of more than [thirty] SEVEN calendar
 days from receipt of a request for authorization, or unless such special
 services are required in an emergency, provided, however, that the basis

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

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