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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Senate Bill S8693
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 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
2021-S8693 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9737
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §25, rpld §25 sub 3 ¶(g), Work Comp L
2021-S8693 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8693 SPONSOR: BROOKS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to eliminat- ing certain penalties assessed in relation to certain notice require- ments; and to repeal certain provisions of the workers' compensation law relating thereto PURPOSE: The purpose of this legislation is to eliminate unnecessary monetary penalties related to notice violations under the workers' compensation law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. amends paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision (1) of section 25 of the workers' compensation law by removing monetary penalties for violations of the Workers' Compensation Law for failure to provide imme- diate notice to the workers' compensation board when payments related to
2021-S8693 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8693 I N S E N A T E March 30, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- 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 eliminat- ing certain penalties assessed in relation to certain notice require- ments; and to repeal certain provisions of the workers' compensation law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section 25 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows: (c) If the employer or insurance carrier does not controvert the injured worker's right to compensation such employer or insurance carri- er shall, either on or before the eighteenth day after disability, or within ten days after the employer first has knowledge of the alleged accident, whichever period is the greater, begin paying compensation and shall immediately notify the chair in accordance with a form to be prescribed by him, that the payment of compensation has begun, accompa- nied by the further statement that the employer or insurance carrier, as the case may be, will notify the chair when the payment of compensation has been stopped. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER CONTRARY PROVISION OF LAW, THE PENALTIES DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THIS PARAGRAPH. (d) Whenever for any reason compensation payments cease, the employer or its insurance carrier shall within sixteen days thereafter, send to the chair a notice on a form prescribed by the chair that such payment has been stopped, which notice shall contain the name of the injured employee or his or her principle dependent, the date of accident, the date to which compensation has been paid and the whole amount of compen- sation paid. [In case the employer or its insurance carrier fails so to notify the chair of the cessation of payments within sixteen days after the date on which compensation has been paid, the board may impose a penalty upon such employer or its insurance carrier in the amount of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15147-02-2
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