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Senate Bill S8693

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Eliminates certain penalties assessed in relation to certain notice requirements for payment and cessation of compensation in certain circumstances; repealer

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2021-S8693 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9737
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §25, rpld §25 sub 3 ¶(g), Work Comp L

2021-S8693 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates penalties assessed against employers or insurance carriers for failure to comply with certain notice requirements relating to payment and cessation of compensation in certain circumstances.

2021-S8693 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8693 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8693
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- 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  eliminat-
   ing  certain penalties assessed in relation to certain notice require-
   ments; and to repeal certain provisions of the  workers'  compensation
   law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of  section  25  of
 the  workers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of
 1996, are amended to read as follows:
   (c) If the employer or  insurance  carrier  does  not  controvert  the
 injured worker's right to compensation such employer or insurance carri-
 er  shall,  either  on or before the eighteenth day after disability, or
 within ten days after the employer first has knowledge  of  the  alleged
 accident, whichever period is the greater, begin paying compensation and
 shall  immediately  notify  the  chair  in  accordance with a form to be
 prescribed by him, that the payment of compensation has begun,  accompa-
 nied by the further statement that the employer or insurance carrier, as
 the  case may be, will notify the chair when the payment of compensation
 has been stopped.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER CONTRARY PROVISION OF  LAW,
 THE  PENALTIES  DESCRIBED  IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (d) Whenever for any reason compensation payments cease, the  employer
 or  its  insurance carrier shall within sixteen days thereafter, send to
 the chair a notice on a form prescribed by the chair that  such  payment
 has  been  stopped,  which  notice shall contain the name of the injured
 employee or his or her principle dependent, the date  of  accident,  the
 date to which compensation has been paid and the whole amount of compen-
 sation  paid. [In case the employer or its insurance carrier fails so to
 notify the chair of the cessation of payments within sixteen days  after
 the  date  on  which  compensation has been paid, the board may impose a
 penalty upon such employer or its insurance carrier  in  the  amount  of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15147-02-2

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