assembly Bill A7579

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the direct deposit of workers' compensation benefits

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Actions

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 11, 2020 approval memo.11
signed chap.253
Oct 30, 2020 delivered to governor
Jul 22, 2020 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.813
substituted for s7210
Jul 21, 2020 referred to rules
delivered to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.237
rules report cal.237
reported
Jul 15, 2020 reported referred to rules
Jan 08, 2020 referred to labor
May 09, 2019 referred to labor

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Jul 22, 2020 - floor Vote

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Floor Vote: Jul 22, 2020

aye (60)

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A7579 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7210
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §25, Work Comp L

A7579 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires an injured worker or person entitled to a death benefit to be provided with the option to have the compensation payment made through direct deposit, and requires such person be given notice of such option and the forms necessary to enroll.

A7579 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7579
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the direct
   deposit of benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  9 of section 25 of the workers' compensation
 law, as added by chapter 638 of the  laws  of  2004,  paragraph  (a)  as
 amended  by  chapter  70  of  the  laws  of  2005, is amended to read as
 follows:
   9. Direct deposit. (a) Compensation payments or any portion of compen-
 sation payments [may] SHALL be allowed, upon the written request from an
 injured worker or a person entitled to a death benefit provided by  this
 chapter,  to  be  deposited  directly  in  a  bank for any purpose to an
 account in the name of such injured worker or person entitled to a death
 benefit, on forms provided by the board, and duly  filed  in  accordance
 with  such  regulations[, provided that an injured worker's employer, if
 such employer is an authorized self insured employer, or otherwise  such
 employer's  insurance  carrier, has elected to permit the direct deposit
 of such compensation payments].  EACH PERSON ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PAYMENT
 OF COMPENSATION OR A DEATH BENEFIT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE  NOTIFIED
 OF  THE  OPTION  TO  RECEIVE SUCH PAYMENT IN THE FORM OF DIRECT DEPOSIT,
 SUCH NOTICE TO BE PROMULGATED BY THE BOARD. SUCH ELIGIBLE  PERSON  SHALL
 ALSO  BE PROVIDED THE FORMS NECESSARY TO ENROLL IN DIRECT DEPOSIT PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH AT THE SAME TIME AS NOTICE IS  GIVEN  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (b)  The board is hereby authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and
 regulations, as may be necessary, to administer the  direct  deposit  of
 injured  worker's  compensation  payments. In regard to the deposit of a
 portion of an injured worker's compensation  payment,  such  regulations
 SHALL  PERMIT  THE  DEPOSIT  OF  A  PAYMENT TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN MULTIPLE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.