Senate Bill S2076

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires that notice of initial determination for unemployment benefits be provided

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

  • 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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2025-S2076 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §597, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S6828
2023-2024: S2976

2025-S2076 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that notice of initial determinations for unemployment benefits be provided to claimants within 30 days of such claimant furnishing all necessary documentation, and if the commissioner is unable to issue a determination within such time frame they shall inform the claimant of the new estimated time frame for the issuance of a determination.

2025-S2076 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2076 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2076
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER, ADDABBO, BROUK, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, WEBB --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring that notice of
   initial determinations for unemployment benefits be provided

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 597 of the labor law, as added by
 chapter 705 of the laws of 1944 and renumbered by  chapter  663  of  the
 laws of 1946, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Issuance.  The  validity  of  the claim and the amount of benefits
 payable to the claimant shall be determined in accordance with the regu-
 lations and procedure established by the  commissioner  and,  when  such
 determination  is  issued  by  the  commissioner, it shall be deemed the
 initial determination of the claim. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  LAW,  RULE  OR
 REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO
 EACH CLAIMANT OF SUCH INITIAL DETERMINATION OF APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THE
 CLAIM NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE  CLAIMANT  HAS  FURNISHED  ALL
 INFORMATION  REQUIRED  UNDER  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
 SECTION. IF THE COMMISSIONER IS UNABLE TO ISSUE A  DETERMINATION  WITHIN
 SUCH  PRESCRIBED  TIME  FRAME  DUE TO EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH NOTICE
 SHALL INFORM THE CLAIMANT OF THE NEW ESTIMATED TIME FRAME FOR THE  ISSU-
 ANCE  OF  A  DETERMINATION,  THE RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE THE CLAIMANT
 WOULD RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM  IF  APPROVED,  AND  HOW  THE  CLAIMANT  MAY
 CONFIRM THE STATUS OF THE DETERMINATION IF IT IS NOT RECEIVED BY THE NEW
 ESTIMATED TIME FRAME.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05529-01-5

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