STATE OF NEW YORK
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5318
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 21, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. FUNKE, MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to form
reduction and streamlining
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 140-cc to read as follows:
3 § 140-cc. Form reduction and streamlining. The board shall develop and
4 implement a form reduction strategy designed to improve, modernize and
5 streamline all forms used in conjunction with a workers' compensation
6 claim from inception to closure. The board shall complete the reduction
7 and streamlining of the C-4 series of medical forms and the implementa-
8 tion of the medical portal by December thirty-first, two thousand seven-
9 teen. The board shall complete the reduction and streamlining of all
10 other board forms, as appropriate, by December thirty-first, two thou-
11 sand eighteen.
12 § 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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