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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2076
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. MAYER, ADDABBO, BROUK, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, WEBB --
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.
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