Bill Text: NY S02976 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that notice of initial determinations for unemployment benefits be provided to claimants within 30 days of such claimant furnishing all necessary documentation, and if the commissioner is unable to issue a determination within such time frame they shall inform the claimant of the new estimated time frame for the issuance of a determination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-27 - referred to labor [S02976 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02976-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2976

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 26, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER,  ADDABBO, BROUK, HARCKHAM, JACKSON -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Labor

        AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring that notice of
          initial determinations for unemployment benefits be provided

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 597 of the labor law, as added by
     2  chapter 705 of the laws of 1944 and renumbered by  chapter  663  of  the
     3  laws of 1946, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  Issuance.  The  validity  of  the claim and the amount of benefits
     5  payable to the claimant shall be determined in accordance with the regu-
     6  lations and procedure established by the  commissioner  and,  when  such
     7  determination  is  issued  by  the  commissioner, it shall be deemed the
     8  initial determination of the claim. Notwithstanding  any  law,  rule  or
     9  regulation  to  the  contrary,  the commissioner shall provide notice to
    10  each claimant of such initial determination of approval or denial of the
    11  claim no later than thirty days after the  claimant  has  furnished  all
    12  information  required  under  paragraph  (a)  of subdivision two of this
    13  section. If the commissioner is unable to issue a  determination  within
    14  such  prescribed  time  frame  due to exigent circumstances, such notice
    15  shall inform the claimant of the new estimated time frame for the  issu-
    16  ance  of  a  determination,  the retroactive effective date the claimant
    17  would receive benefits from  if  approved,  and  how  the  claimant  may
    18  confirm the status of the determination if it is not received by the new
    19  estimated time frame.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03775-01-3