NY S08344

Allows carriers or employers to receive credit against permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits for temporary partial disability (TPD) payments made beyond 130 weeks from the date of accident or disablement.

Applies to claimants with accident or disablement dates after the effective date of the 2023 law amendment; TPD weeks paid after 130 weeks count as benefit weeks toward the maximum PPD week limits.

For intermittent TPD paid after 130 weeks, the time shall be reduced to a number of weeks for which the carrier receives a credit against maximum benefit weeks.

Prevents carriers from receiving credit for TPD weeks paid prior to a finding that the claimant has reached maximum medical improvement when the claimant has submitted medical evidence they are not yet at maximum medical improvement.

Requires a presumption that medical services continue after PPD benefit weeks are exhausted, with the burden on the carrier to prove discontinuation is warranted, and directs the board to establish independent review procedures for service discontinuation decisions.