Assembly Bill A5609

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to providing language access services

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A5609 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6096
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17-a, Work Comp L

2023-A5609 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing certain language access services for injured employees with limited English proficiency.

2023-A5609 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5609
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to  providing
   language access services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and  3  of  section  17-a  of  the  workers'
 compensation law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 131 of the laws of
 2022  and subdivision 3 as added by chapter 622 of the laws of 2021, are
 amended to read as follows:
   1. [The] IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWO-A OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW, THE board shall provide translation of (a) all documents and  forms
 published  by  the  board that injured employees complete; [and] (b) all
 board documents that provide general information to injured employees on
 the process of applying for workers' compensation benefits; AND (C)  ALL
 OTHER  VITAL  DOCUMENTS  AS  DEFINED  BY SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED TWO-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW RELEVANT TO SERVICES OFFERED  BY  THE
 AGENCY.    [The  translation shall be in the ten most common non-English
 languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in  the
 state of New York.]
   3. The board shall [publish a language access plan that reflects]:
   (a)  [the  means  by  which  it provides language assistance services]
 DEVELOP A LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF  SECTION
 TWO  HUNDRED  TWO-A  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW AND SUBMIT SUCH PLAN TO THE
 OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES;
   (b)  [the  titles  of  all  available  translated  documents  and  the
 languages  into  which  they  have  been translated] PUBLISH THE BOARD'S
 LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE; AND
   (c) [the number of public contact  positions  at  the  board  and  the
 number of bilingual employees in public contact positions, including the
 languages they speak;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10313-01-3

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