Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 10, 2020 |
print number 10067a |
Mar 10, 2020 |
amend and recommit to labor |
Mar 06, 2020 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A10067A
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JOYNER
Archive: Last 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
2019-A10067 - Details
2019-A10067 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10067 I N A S S E M B L Y March 6, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to prohibit- ing cases from being closed without a hearing or written stipulation and requiring a stenographic record of all hearings held; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2-b of section 25 of the workers' compensation law is REPEALED and subdivision 2-c is renumbered subdivision 2-b. § 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 3 of section 25 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows: (b) Nothing herein shall limit the right of the board in a particular case to hold a hearing and make an award in accordance with other provisions of this chapter. No case shall be closed AND NO DECISION SHALL BE ISSUED without A HEARING UPON notice to all parties interested and without giving to all such parties an opportunity to be heard. (c) The board shall keep an accurate STENOGRAPHIC record of all hear- ings held. Whenever a hearing must be continued or adjourned because the carrier or employer has engaged in dilatory tactics or exhibited unjustified lack of preparedness, the board shall impose a penalty of twenty-five dollars to be paid to the fund created by subdivision two of section one hundred fifty-one of this chapter and shall in addition make an award of seventy-five dollars payable to the injured worker or his or her dependants. Dilatory tactics may include but shall not be limited to: failing to subpoena medical witnesses or to secure an order to show cause as directed by the referee, failing to bring proper files, failing to appear, failing to produce witnesses or documents after they have been requested by the referee or examiner or as directed by the hearing notice, unnecessarily protracting the production of evidence, or engag- ing in a pattern of delay which unduly delays resolution, except that no penalty shall be imposed nor award made under this subdivision if the carrier or employer produces evidence sufficient to excuse its conduct to the satisfaction of the referee. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
co-Sponsors
N. Nick Perry
William Colton
Karines Reyes
multi-Sponsors
J. Gary Pretlow
2019-A10067A (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A10067A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10067--A I N A S S E M B L Y March 6, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee 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 prohibit- ing cases from being closed without a hearing or written stipulation and requiring a stenographic record of all hearings held; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2-b of section 25 of the workers' compensation law is REPEALED and subdivision 2-c is renumbered subdivision 2-b. § 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 3 of section 25 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows: (b) Nothing herein shall limit the right of the board in a particular case to hold a hearing and make an award in accordance with other provisions of this chapter. No case shall be closed AND NO DECISION SHALL BE ISSUED without A HEARING UPON notice to all parties interested and without giving to all such parties an opportunity to be heard. (c) The board shall keep an accurate STENOGRAPHIC record of all hear- ings held AND PROVIDE THE MINUTES, AT NO COST, TO THE INJURED WORKER AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OF THE INJURED WORKER. ALL DECISIONS SHALL BE ISSUED TO THE INJURED WORKER IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. Whenever a hearing must be continued or adjourned because the carrier or employer has engaged in dilatory tactics or exhibited unjus- tified lack of preparedness, the board shall impose a penalty of twen- ty-five dollars to be paid to the fund created by subdivision two of section one hundred fifty-one of this chapter and shall in addition make an award of seventy-five dollars payable to the injured worker or his or her dependants. Dilatory tactics may include but shall not be limited to: failing to subpoena medical witnesses or to secure an order to show cause as directed by the referee, failing to bring proper files, failing to appear, failing to produce witnesses or documents after they have been requested by the referee or examiner or as directed by the hearing EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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