Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 08, 2024 |
print number 8988a |
Feb 08, 2024 |
amend (t) and recommit to labor |
Jan 31, 2024 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A8988A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRONSON
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
Bill Amendments
2023-A8988 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8445
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Labor
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§20 & 25, Work Comp L
2023-A8988 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8988 I N A S S E M B L Y January 31, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the parties' rights to a hearing upon application to the workers' compen- sation board and requiring a stenographic record of all hearings held THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 20 of the workers' compensation law are renumbered subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 and a new subdi- vision 1 is added to read as follows: 1. THE BOARD SHALL INDEX A CLAIM FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION IMMEDIATELY UPON THE RECEIPT OF A MEDICAL REPORT IN ADDITION TO EITHER A CLAIM FILED BY THE INJURED WORKER OR AN EMPLOYER'S REPORT OF INJURY OR ILLNESS. § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 20 of the workers' compensation law, as added by chapter 635 of the laws of 1996 and as renumbered by section one of this act, is amended to read as follows: 2. [At any time after the expiration of the first seven days of disa- bility on the part of an injured employee, or at any time after the employee's death, a claim for compensation may be presented to the employer or to the chair. The] WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER A CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION HAS BEEN INDEXED, THE board shall HOLD AN INITIAL HEARING FOR EACH CLAIM AND SHALL have full power and authority to determine all questions in relation to the payment of claims presented to it for compensation under the provisions of this chapter. The chair or board shall THEREAFTER make or cause to be made such investigation as it deems necessary, and upon application of either party OR AN ATTORNEY REPRES- ENTING EITHER PARTY, shall order a hearing BEFORE A REFEREE TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE CALENDAR DAYS OF THE APPLICATION FROM EITHER PARTY, and within thirty days after a claim for compensation is submit- ted under this section, or such hearing closed, shall make or deny an award, determining such claim for compensation, and file the same in the office of the chair. NO APPLICATION FOR A HEARING MADE BY A PARTY OR AN ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS, PREREQUISITES, OR PENALTIES IMPOSED BY THE BOARD. Immediately after such EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Jen Lunsford
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Juan Ardila
Steven Raga
2023-A8988A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8445
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Labor
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§20 & 25, Work Comp L
2023-A8988A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8988--A I N A S S E M B L Y January 31, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the parties' rights to a hearing upon application to the workers' compen- sation board and requiring a record of all hearings held THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 20 of the workers' compensation law are renumbered subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 and a new subdi- vision 1 is added to read as follows: 1. THE BOARD SHALL INDEX A CLAIM FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION IMMEDIATELY UPON THE RECEIPT OF A MEDICAL REPORT IN ADDITION TO EITHER A CLAIM FILED BY THE INJURED WORKER OR AN EMPLOYER'S REPORT OF INJURY OR ILLNESS. § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 20 of the workers' compensation law, as added by chapter 635 of the laws of 1996 and as renumbered by section one of this act, is amended to read as follows: 2. [At any time after the expiration of the first seven days of disa- bility on the part of an injured employee, or at any time after the employee's death, a claim for compensation may be presented to the employer or to the chair. The] WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER A CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION HAS BEEN INDEXED, THE board shall HOLD AN INITIAL HEARING FOR EACH CLAIM IN WHICH THE INJURED WORKER ASSERTS LOST WAGES OR LOST TIME DUE TO INJURY AND SHALL have full power and authority to determine all questions in relation to the payment of claims presented to it for compensation under the provisions of this chapter. The chair or board shall THEREAFTER make or cause to be made such investigation as it deems necessary, and upon application of either party OR AN ATTORNEY REPRES- ENTING EITHER PARTY, shall order a hearing BEFORE A REFEREE TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE CALENDAR DAYS OF THE APPLICATION FROM EITHER PARTY, and within thirty days after a claim for compensation is submit- ted under this section, or such hearing closed, shall make or deny an award, determining such claim for compensation, and file the same in the office of the chair. NO APPLICATION FOR A HEARING MADE BY A PARTY OR AN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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