Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 24, 2022 |
signed chap.131 delivered to governor |
Feb 09, 2022 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.50 substituted for a8791 |
Feb 09, 2022 |
substituted by s7843 |
Jan 19, 2022 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.50 rules report cal.50 reported reported referred to rules |
Jan 12, 2022 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A8791
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROZIC
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7843 - 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
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Nader Sayegh
2021-A8791 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7843
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §17-a, Work Comp L (as proposed in S.1022-A & A.6466-A)
2021-A8791 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8791 I N A S S E M B L Y January 12, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to requiring the workers' compensation board to provide translations of certain documents and forms THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 17-a of the workers' compensation law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the workers' compensation law relating to providing language access services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 1022-A and A. 6466-A, is amended to read as follows: 1. The board shall provide translation of (A) all documents and forms [used by or issued to injured employees] PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD THAT INJURED EMPLOYEES COMPLETE; AND (B) ALL BOARD DOCUMENTS THAT PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION TO INJURED EMPLOYEES ON THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS. The translation shall be in the ten most common non-English languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the state of New York. § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of laws of 2021 amending the workers' compensation law relating to providing language access services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 1022-A and A. 6466-A, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04902-04-2
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