NY A03542

Allows workers' compensation carriers or employers to receive credit against permanent partial disability benefit weeks for temporary partial disability payments made after 130 weeks of compensation

Changes the credit calculation so that only weeks paid "solely pursuant to subdivision five" (temporary partial disability) count toward the maximum benefit week cap

Removes language that previously required carriers to have produced or had opportunity to produce an independent medical examination before credit determinations

Eliminates provision that allowed carriers to receive credit for temporary disability weeks paid after a maximum medical improvement finding against the maximum benefit weeks awarded

Updates gendered language throughout the statute to use gender-neutral terms (e.g., "such employee's" instead of "his or her")