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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5809
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 20, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to requiring
the workers' compensation board to submit a supplemental report every
year thereafter
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 153-a to read as follows:
3 § 153-A. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. THE BOARD SHALL ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST
4 DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER,
5 MAKE IN WRITING TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE
6 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT ON THE STATUS OF
7 THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD AND METHODS TO MODERNIZE SUCH BOARD,
8 WHICH SHALL BE DELIVERED IN ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED UNDER
9 SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH SUPPLEMENTAL
10 REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, DATA AND INFORMATION SETS
11 AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING:
12 1. THE STATUS OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS
13 TO MODERNIZE SUCH BOARD;
14 2. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS WHO HAVE FILED A CLAIM BEFORE THE
15 WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD;
16 3. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLAIMS IN WHICH AN AWARD OR DECISION WAS MADE,
17 AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLAIMS IN WHICH A COURT ORDER WAS MADE;
18 4. THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN THE TIME A CLAIMANT FILES A
19 CLAIM TO THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD AND THE TIME AN AWARD OR DECI-
20 SION, OR COURT ORDER, IS MADE IN REGARDS TO SUCH CLAIM;
21 5. THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS IN WHICH THE TIME TO AN AWARD OR DECISION, OR
22 COURT ORDER, WAS GREATER THAN THE AVERAGE TIME AS DETAILED BY SUBDIVI-
23 SION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, AND REASONS WHY SUCH CLAIMS WERE GREATER THAN
24 THE AVERAGE TIME;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 6. THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS IN WHICH FRIVOLOUS APPEALS WERE MADE BY AN
2 EMPLOYER, AND IF ANY AWARD OR DECISION, OR COURT ORDER, RELATED TO SUCH
3 CLAIMS WERE MADE IN A TIME THAT WAS GREATER THAN THE AVERAGE TIME AS
4 DETAILED BY AND CROSS REFERENCED WITH SUBDIVISIONS FOUR AND FIVE OF THIS
5 SECTION; AND
6 7. ALL OTHER SUCH DATA AND INFORMATION SETS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE
7 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION OR MAY BE USEFUL TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS
8 REQUIRED HEREIN, AS DETERMINED BY THE CHAIR OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION
9 BOARD.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.