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Assembly Bill A9480

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the workers' compensation board to provide notice to covered employers before a fine is assessed for failure to obtain having workers' compensation coverage

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2021-A9480 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §151, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4754

2021-A9480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the workers' compensation board to provide notice to covered employers before a fine is assessed for failure to obtain having workers' compensation coverage.

2021-A9480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9480
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAWLER -- 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 notice to covered employers
   before a fine is assessed for failure to obtain workers'  compensation
   coverage
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 151 of the workers' compensation law is amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15.  AN  AFFECTED EMPLOYER WHO IS FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER WHO
 HIRES A HOME HEALTH AIDE SHALL BE PROVIDED WRITTEN NOTICE BY  THE  WORK-
 ERS'  COMPENSATION  BOARD OF THE FAILURE TO OBTAIN WORKERS' COMPENSATION
 COVERAGE BEFORE BEING ASSESSED AND FINED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14850-01-2

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