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History
- Referred to labor
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Requires uncontroverted workers' compensation claim hearings to be heard within 20 days of the filing of an application therefor
In Assembly Committee · Labor · Sponsor Hakeem Jeffries
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S8015
Title of bill
An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the time period in which a hearing must be held
Purpose
To guarantee an employer or injured worker a hearing within twenty days of a request for a hearing after a claim has initially been contested.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends paragraph (b) subdivision 3 of section 25 of the work- ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 1986 regarding the time in which a workers' compensation hearing is held.
Section 2. Provides for an immediate effective date.
Justification
The fundamental requisite of procedural due process is the opportunity to be heard before a neutral arbiter provided at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner. There are few instances where the urgency to obtain relief is as profound as in a Workers' Compensation Case.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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