Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S5318

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to form reduction and streamlining

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

co-Sponsors

2017-S5318 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §140-cc, Work Comp L

2017-S5318 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to form reduction and streamlining.

2017-S5318 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5318 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5318
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. FUNKE, MURPHY -- 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 form
   reduction and streamlining
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new
 section 140-cc to read as follows:
   § 140-CC. FORM REDUCTION AND STREAMLINING. THE BOARD SHALL DEVELOP AND
 IMPLEMENT A FORM REDUCTION STRATEGY DESIGNED TO IMPROVE,  MODERNIZE  AND
 STREAMLINE  ALL  FORMS  USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A WORKERS' COMPENSATION
 CLAIM FROM INCEPTION TO CLOSURE. THE BOARD SHALL COMPLETE THE  REDUCTION
 AND  STREAMLINING OF THE C-4 SERIES OF MEDICAL FORMS AND THE IMPLEMENTA-
 TION OF THE MEDICAL PORTAL BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVEN-
 TEEN. THE BOARD SHALL COMPLETE THE REDUCTION  AND  STREAMLINING  OF  ALL
 OTHER  BOARD  FORMS, AS APPROPRIATE, BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND EIGHTEEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10739-01-7

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.