Loading chat...
NY A02145
Bill
Status
1/23/2023
Primary Sponsor
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Presumes that medical treatment for COVID-19 by any medical provider is rendered on an emergent basis, eliminating the requirement for prior authorization under workers' compensation law.
-
Exempts medical providers treating COVID-19 patients from needing authorization by the chair under workers' compensation law subdivision one.
-
Reduces the temporary payment period for workers' compensation from one year to sixty days when an employer is unsure of its liability for a claim.
-
Requires the board to immediately schedule a hearing to adjudicate a claim upon cessation of temporary compensation payments.
-
Converts a notice of temporary payment to a notice of compensation payable if the employer fails to provide a termination notice within sixty days.
Legislative Description
Enacts the "COVID-19 injured workers' protection act"; establishes a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presumption for public employee death benefits where a member was required to physically report to work; did in fact physically report to work as of March first, two thousand twenty; contracted COVID-19; and where the applicable head of the member's retirement system or such system's medical board determines COVID-19 to have been a significant contributing factor in the member's death.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/3/2024