Bill Text: NY A01754 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that a hearing shall be held before a workers compensation law judge within twenty days from the filing of an application for hearing accompanied by supporting evidence made by any party in any case, except a case being initially controverted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to labor [A01754 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01754-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1754
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 11, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the workers'  compensation  law,  in  relation  to  time
         frames  for certain hearings; and to repeal subdivision 2-b of section
         25 of the workers' compensation law, relating to conciliation
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "workers'
    2  compensation timely hearing act".
    3    S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of  section  25  of  the  workers'
    4  compensation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  61 of the laws of 1986, is
    5  amended to read as follows:
    6    (b) Nothing herein shall limit the right of the board in a  particular
    7  case  to  hold  a  hearing  and  make  an award in accordance with other
    8  provisions of this chapter. No case shall be closed  without  notice  to
    9  all  parties interested and without giving to all such parties an oppor-
   10  tunity to be heard.  A HEARING SHALL BE HELD BEFORE A  WORKERS'  COMPEN-
   11  SATION  LAW  JUDGE  WITHIN TWENTY DAYS FROM THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION
   12  FOR HEARING ACCOMPANIED BY SUPPORTING EVIDENCE MADE BY ANY PARTY IN  ANY
   13  CASE, EXCEPT A CASE BEING INITIALLY CONTROVERTED.
   14    S 3. Subdivision 2-b of section 25 of the workers' compensation law is
   15  REPEALED.
   16    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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