Bill Text: NY A10343 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-28 - reported referred to codes [A10343 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A10343-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10343 I N A S S E M B L Y March 18, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee 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. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 25 of the work- 2 ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 1986, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (b) Nothing herein shall limit the right of the board in a particular 5 case to hold a hearing and make an award in accordance with other 6 provisions of this chapter. No case shall be closed without notice to 7 all parties interested and without giving to all such parties an oppor- 8 tunity to be heard. A HEARING SHALL BE HELD BEFORE A WORKERS' COMPEN- 9 SATION LAW JUDGE WITHIN TWENTY DAYS FROM THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION 10 FOR HEARING ACCOMPANIED BY SUPPORTING EVIDENCE MADE BY ANY PARTY IN ANY 11 CASE, EXCEPT A CASE BEING INITIALLY CONTROVERTED. 12 S 2. Subdivision 2-b of section 25 of the workers' compensation law is 13 REPEALED. 14 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16244-01-0