S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2021--B

                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                   January 15, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. JOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
         amended  and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to
         the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

       AN ACT to amend the  workers'  compensation  law,  in  relation  to  the
         payment of compensation

         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 1 of section 25 of  the  work-
    2  ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1996, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (b)  The  first  payment of compensation shall become due on the four-
    5  teenth day of disability on which date or within  four  days  thereafter
    6  all  compensation  then  due shall be paid, and the compensation payable
    7  bi-weekly thereafter; but the board may determine that any payments  may
    8  be  made  monthly  or at any other period, as it may deem advisable.  AN
    9  AWARD OF COMPENSATION PAYABLE FOR  PERMANENT  PARTIAL  DISABILITY  UNDER
   10  PARAGRAPHS  A  THROUGH  T,  INCLUSIVE,  OF  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION
   11  FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE  PAYABLE  IN  ONE  LUMP  SUM,  WITHOUT
   12  COMMUTATION TO PRESENT VALUE UPON THE REQUEST OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE.
   13    S  2.  Paragraph  u  of  subdivision  3  of section 15 of the workers'
   14  compensation law, as added by chapter  301  of  the  laws  of  1929,  is
   15  amended to read as follows:
   16    u.  Total  or  partial  loss or loss of use of more than one member or
   17  parts of members. In any case in which there shall be a loss or loss  of
   18  use  of  more than one member or parts of more than one member set forth
   19  in paragraphs a [to] THROUGH t, [both] inclusive, of  this  subdivision,
   20  but  not  amounting to permanent total disability, the board shall award
   21  compensation for the loss or loss of use of each  such  member  or  part
   22  thereof,  which  awards [shall run consecutively] SHALL BE FULLY PAYABLE
   23  IN ONE LUMP SUM UPON THE REQUEST OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE.
   24    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04744-07-9