Bill Text: NY A10343 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10343 (Prior Session Legislation)

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
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                                         10343
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 18, 2010
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       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   13  REPEALED.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.
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