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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5923
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 2, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to payment of
          disability benefits
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) 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    (a)  The  compensation  herein provided for shall be paid periodically
     5  and promptly in like manner as wages, and as it accrues, and directly to
     6  the person entitled thereto without waiting for an award by  the  board,
     7  including  those  cases  previously  established and closed by the board
     8  upon receipt of an application to reopen  such  case,  except  in  those
     9  cases  in which the right to compensation is controverted by the employ-
    10  er.  Any inquiry which requires the  employee's  response  in  order  to
    11  continue benefits uninterrupted or unmodified shall provide a reasonable
    12  time period in which to respond and include a clear and prominent state-

    13  ment  of  the deadline for responding and the consequences of failing to
    14  respond.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00057-01-1