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Senate Bill S10213

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to electronic delivery of notices

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2025-S10213 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2211
Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3458, Ins L; amd §54, Work Comp L

2025-S10213 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that electronic notice to a party is sufficient in certain workers' compensation claims.

2025-S10213 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10213
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the workers' compensation law,  in
   relation to electronic delivery of notices
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 3458 of  the  insurance  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  161  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) Subject to the requirements of this section, any notice to a party
 or any other document required under this chapter OR  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  FIVE OF SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW
 in a property/casualty insurance transaction or  that  is  to  serve  as
 evidence  of  property/casualty  insurance  coverage may be delivered by
 electronic means so long as it meets the requirements of  article  three
 of  the state technology law. Where this chapter requires that notice be
 mailed or delivered to an address shown in the policy, the notice may be
 delivered by electronic means to an electronic address not specified  in
 the policy.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 5 of section 54 of the workers'
 compensation law is amended by adding a new  undesignated  paragraph  to
 read as follows:
   AN  ELECTRONIC  NOTICE  THAT COMPLIES WITH SECTION THREE THOUSAND FOUR
 HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THE INSURANCE LAW SHALL  BE  SUFFICIENT  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03855-01-5

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