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Assembly Bill A6170
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PRETLOW
Current 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
2023-A6170 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Labor
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§21-a & 25, Work Comp L
2023-A6170 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6170 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the notice required for the termination of temporary payments of compensation and the notice required for cessation of compensation payments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 21-a of the workers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 6 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 3. An employer may cease making temporary payments of compensation and prescribed medicine if such employer delivers within [five] SIXTEEN days after the last payment, to the injured employee and the board, a notice of termination of temporary payments of compensation on a form prescribed by the board. Such notice shall inform the injured employee that the employer is ceasing temporary payment of compensation and prescribed medicine. Upon the cessation of temporary payments of compen- sation and prescribed medicine, all parties to any action pursuant to this chapter shall retain all rights, defenses and obligations they would otherwise have pursuant to this chapter without regard for the temporary payment of compensation and prescribed medicine. § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 25 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: (d) Whenever for any reason compensation payments cease, the employer or its insurance carrier shall within [sixteen] THIRTY 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 acci- dent, the date to which compensation has been paid and the whole amount of compensation paid. In case the employer or its insurance carrier EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10539-01-3
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