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A00571 Summary:

BILL NOA00571
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPaulin
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §138, Work Comp L
 
Relates to notification in the case of a change to the workers' compensation claims representative.
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A00571 Actions:

BILL NOA00571
 
01/09/2023referred to labor
01/03/2024referred to labor
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A00571 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           571
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Labor
 
        AN  ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to notifica-
          tion in the case of a change to a workers' compensation claims  repre-
          sentative
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The workers' compensation law is amended by  adding  a  new
     2  section 138 to read as follows:
     3    §  138.  Workers'  compensation claims representative replacement.  1.
     4  Where an injured employee is entitled to workers' compensation  benefits
     5  under  this chapter and a claims representative has been assigned to his
     6  or her workers' compensation claim by an insurance carrier  or  self-in-
     7  sured employer, such insurance carrier or self-insured employer shall be
     8  required  to  notify  such  injured employee or such employee's personal
     9  representative in the event that such claim is assigned to a new  claims
    10  representative,  or  it  is  determined  that the assignment of a claims
    11  representative is no longer necessary. For the purposes of this section,
    12  "claims representative" shall mean any employee, agent, or other  repre-
    13  sentative  of  an  insurance  carrier  or  self-insured employer that is
    14  responsible for processing, adjudicating, or in any  way  effecting  the
    15  settlement of a workers' compensation claim.
    16    2.  An  insurance  carrier or self-insured employer shall provide such
    17  notice by electronic means or by certified or  registered  mail,  return
    18  receipt  requested, to the last known address of the injured employee or
    19  such employee's personal representative within fourteen business days of
    20  the replacement of any claims representative or the  determination  that
    21  the  assignment  of a claims representative is no longer necessary. Such
    22  notice must include the name and contact information of the  new  claims
    23  representative when a new assignment has been made.
    24    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    25  have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02161-01-3
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