Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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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 22, 2020 |
substituted by a7579 |
Jul 21, 2020 |
ordered to third reading cal.813 |
Jul 20, 2020 |
reported and committed to rules |
Jan 10, 2020 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S7210
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7579 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S7210 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7579
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §25, Work Comp L
2019-S7210 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7210 SPONSOR: SAVINO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the direct deposit of benefits SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 9 of section 25 of the workers' compen- sation law to allow for direct deposit of workers compensation benefits, to allow those benefits to be split among different accounts and to have the Workers Compensation Board promulgate such notice and forms neces- sary to allow for direct deposit Section 2 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Currently, the Workers' Compensation Law regarding the direct deposit of
2019-S7210 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7210 I N S E N A T E January 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- 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 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 ACCOUNTS BY EITHER A DOLLAR AMOUNT OR EXACT PERCENTAGE, PROVIDED, HOWEV- ER, SUCH REGULATIONS may establish a minimum dollar amount and may limit the maximum number of partial deposits allowed. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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