Bill Text: NY A11372 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to notification in the case of a change to the workers' compensation claims representative.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-10-19 - referred to labor [A11372 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A11372-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11372 IN ASSEMBLY October 19, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to notifica- tion in the case of a change to a workers' compensation claims repre- sentative The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new 2 section 138 to read as follows: 3 § 138. Workers' compensation claims representative replacement. 1. 4 Where an injured employee is entitled to workers' compensation benefits 5 under this chapter and a claims representative has been assigned to his 6 or her workers' compensation claim by an insurance carrier or self-in- 7 sured employer, such insurance carrier or self-insured employer shall be 8 required to notify such injured employee or such employee's personal 9 representative in the event that such claim is assigned to a new claims 10 representative, or it is determined that the assignment of a claims 11 representative is no longer necessary. For the purposes of this section, 12 "claims representative" shall mean any employee, agent, or other repre- 13 sentative of an insurance carrier or self-insured employer that is 14 responsible for processing, adjudicating, or in any way effecting the 15 settlement of a workers' compensation claim. 16 2. An insurance carrier or self-insured employer shall provide such 17 notice by electronic means or by certified or registered mail, return 18 receipt requested, to the last known address of the injured employee or 19 such employee's personal representative within fourteen business days of 20 the replacement of any claims representative or the determination that 21 the assignment of a claims representative is no longer necessary. Such 22 notice must include the name and contact information of the new claims 23 representative when a new assignment has been made. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 25 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16532-01-8