Assembly Actions -
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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 |
Jan 25, 2022 |
referred to labor delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 18, 2022 |
ordered to third reading cal.200 |
Jan 12, 2022 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7843
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - 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
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2021-S7843 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S7843 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7843 SPONSOR: RAMOS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to requiring the workers' compensation board to provide translations of certain docu- ments and forms PURPOSE: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2021, c.622. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This legislation amends the underlying chapter by clarifying the types of documents and forms subject to the chapter. EXISTING LAW:
2021-S7843 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7843 I N S E N A T E January 12, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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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