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A810Assembly2017-2018 Session

Let Employers Pick Coverage

Official title

“Relates to the designation of workers' compensation coverage for certain employees”

Sponsor J. Gary PretlowAD-89Affects Economy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Labor
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Labor

What's happening

This bill requires employers or the board, not insurance carriers, to designate which employees receive workers' compensation coverage.

Why it matters

  1. Shifts control over workers’ compensation coverage decisions. directly to employers or the Workers’ Compensation Board, reducing the influence of insurance carriers in determining which employees are covered. This could impact how coverage disputes and worker classifications are handled.

  2. Prevents insurance carriers from calculating premiums. based on individuals not specifically designated for coverage by the employer or the board, potentially leading to greater transparency and predictability in premium costs for businesses.

  3. Maintains strict employer obligations. to provide coverage as required by law, and does not exempt employers from penalties for non-compliance, ensuring that worker protections under existing statutes remain intact.

  4. May affect disputes over employee classification. , as the explicit designation authority could lead to more formal processes or challenges about who is considered covered, possibly impacting independent contractor vs. employee debates.

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Let Employers Pick Coverage

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
J. Gary Pretlow

Assembly Member · Assembly District 89

Chair, Ways and Means

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History

  1. Referred to labor
  2. Referred to labor

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

810

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 9, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the designation of coverage for certain employees

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new section 138 to read as follows:

§ 138. Coverage. Each employer as defined under section two of this chapter, or the board, shall designate the employees for whom coverage is to be provided under this chapter and no insurance carrier as defined in subdivision twelve of section two of this chapter shall make such a determination, nor shall any such insurance carrier base its premiums, in whole or in part, on the remuneration paid to any person whom the employer or the board has not designated for coverage under an employer's workers' compensation insurance policy. Nothing in this section shall alter an employer's obligation to provide workers' compensation coverage to its employees as determined by such employer or the board pursuant to section ten of this chapter or any other law, nor shall this section release any employer from the penalties established under this chapter or any other chapter for non-compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD05223-01-7

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