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Feb 26, 2020 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S7843
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2019-S7843 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S7843 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7843 SPONSOR: RAMOS TITLE OF BILL: 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relating thereto SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Subdivision 2-b of section 25 of the workers' compensation law is repealed and subdivision 2-c is renumbered subdivision 2-b. Section 2: Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 3 of section 25 of the workers' compensation law, chapter 61 of the laws of 1986, are amended to mandate that no final decision is made without a hearing for both parties and mandates the workers' compensation board to keep steno- graphic records of all hearings held. Also, injured workers and their lawyers shall provide the minutes, at no cost, in the native language of the worker.
2019-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 February 26, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- 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 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 Subdivision 2-b of section 25 of the workers' compensation law is REPEALED and subdivision 2-c is renumbered subdivision 2-b. § 2.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 notice, unnecessarily protracting the production of evidence, or engag- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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