Assembly Bill A8726

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the workers' compensation board to appoint the uninsured employers' fund as the responsible party when the identity of the responsible insurance carrier cannot be determined

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A8726 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7785
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-a, Work Comp L (as proposed in S.6628-A & A.359-A)

2021-A8726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the workers' compensation board to appoint the uninsured employers' fund as the responsible party when the identity of the responsible insurance carrier for the employer cannot be determined within thirty days of the filing of a new claim.

2021-A8726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8726
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to requiring
   the workers' compensation board to appoint  the  uninsured  employers'
   fund  as  the  responsible  party when the identity of the responsible
   insurance carrier for the employer cannot be determined within  thirty
   days of the filing of a new claim
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraph (a) of subdivision  6-a
 of  section 26-a of the workers' compensation law, as added by a chapter
 of the laws of 2021, amending the workers' compensation law in  relation
 to  requiring  the  workers' compensation board to appoint the uninsured
 employers' fund as the insurance carrier in cases when the  identity  of
 the  responsible insurance carrier for the employer cannot be determined
 within ten days of the filing of a claim and to  proceed  with  hearings
 and  provide  notices  necessary  to  process  such  claim;  and to make
 conforming technical changes, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers
 S. 6628-A and A. 359-A, are amended to read as follows:
   In the event that the board is unable to determine the identity of the
 responsible  insurance carrier for the employer within [ten] THIRTY days
 of the filing of a new claim, the board shall:
   (a) appoint the uninsured employers' fund as the  [insurance  carrier]
 RESPONSIBLE  PARTY  until  such  time as the identity of the responsible
 insurance carrier for the employer is determined. Upon such appointment,
 the uninsured employers' fund shall immediately  commence  payments  and
 provide medical care in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021, amending the  workers'  compen-
 sation  law  in relation to requiring the workers' compensation board to
 appoint the uninsured employers' fund as the responsible party in  cases
 when  the identity of the responsible insurance carrier for the employer
 cannot be determined within thirty days of the filing of a new claim, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  6628-A  and  A.  359-A,  takes
 effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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