Bill Text: NY A10119 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10119 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the chairman of the workers' compensation board to appoint and employ a referee to hear claims in each county in the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-07 - referred to labor [A10119 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10119-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10119
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 7, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Labor
       AN  ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to directing
         the chairman of the workers' compensation board to appoint  a  referee
         to investigate, review and hear claims at each hearing part within the
         city of New York
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 141 of the workers' compensation law is amended  by
    2  adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
    3    THE  CHAIRMAN SHALL APPOINT AND EMPLOY REFEREES TO BE PHYSICALLY PRES-
    4  ENT AT EACH HEARING PART OPERATING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY  OF
    5  NEW YORK, TO INVESTIGATE, REVIEW AND HEAR CLAIMS AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE
    6  CENTER  OR  DISTRICT  OFFICE  WHERE  THE  CLAIMANT  RESIDES OR ELECTS TO
    7  ATTEND; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT IN THE EVENT OF THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE  OF
    8  THE APPROPRIATE REFEREE, AND WHERE NO OTHER REFEREE IS PHYSICALLY AVAIL-
    9  ABLE  TO  APPEAR, A HEARING MAY BE HELD BY MEANS OF VIDEOCONFERENCE BY A
   10  REFEREE APPEARING FROM A LOCATION OUTSIDE OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER
   11  OR DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE HEARING.   NO  CLAIMANT  RESIDING  WITHIN  THE
   12  BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE TO CROSS A BRIDGE TO TRAV-
   13  EL TO A HEARING LOCATION, UNLESS THEY OPT TO DO SO AT THEIR REQUEST.
   14    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   15  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15514-02-2