New York S 4826: Directs the commissioner of education to establish an incentive program for school districts wishing to implement programs of foreign language in the elementary schools; appropriation

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S04826 Summary:

BILL NOS04826 

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Amd §47, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §§23 & 25, Work Comp L

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Relates to appeals made by employers or insurance carriers for modification, rescission or review of an award or decision.

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BILL NOS04826 

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4826

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation to
 making technical changes regarding compensation; and to amend the
 workers' compensation law, in relation to requiring employers to pay
 compensation awards even if an appeal of such award has been filed

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

 1 Section 1. Section 47 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law is
 2 amended to read as follows:
 3 § 47. Costs and fees. The provisions of section twenty-four of the
 4 [workmen's] workers' compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if
 5 set forth in this chapter.
 6 § 2. The first undesignated paragraph of section 23 of the workers'
 7 compensation law, as amended by section 3 of subpart A of part NNN of
 8 chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 9 An award or decision of the board shall be final and conclusive upon
 10 all questions within its jurisdiction, as against the state fund or
 11 between the parties, unless reversed or modified on appeal therefrom as
 12 hereinafter provided. Any party may within thirty days after notice of
 13 the filing of an award or decision of a referee, file with the board an
 14 application in writing for a modification or rescission or review of
 15 such award or decision, as provided in this chapter. The board shall
 16 render its decision upon such application in writing and shall include
 17 in such decision a statement of the facts which formed the basis of its
 18 action on the issues raised before it on such application. Within thirty
 19 days after notice of the decision of the board upon such application has
 20 been served upon the parties, or within thirty days after notice of an
 21 administrative redetermination review decision by the chair pursuant to
 22 subdivision five of section fifty-two, section one hundred thirty-one or
 23 section one hundred forty-one-a of this chapter has been served upon any

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09573-01-5

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 1 party in interest, an appeal may be taken therefrom to the appellate
 2 division of the supreme court, third department, by any party in inter-
 3 est, including an employer insured in the state fund; provided, however,
 4 that any party in interest may within thirty days after notice of the
 5 filing of the board panel's decision with the secretary of the board,
 6 make application in writing for review thereof by the full board. If the
 7 decision or determination was that of a panel of the board and there was
 8 a dissent from such decision or determination other than a dissent the
 9 sole basis of which is to refer the case to an impartial specialist, or
 10 if there was a decision or determination by the panel which reduced the
 11 loss of wage earning capacity finding made by a compensation claims
 12 referee pursuant to subparagraph w of subdivision three of section
 13 fifteen of this article from a percentage at or above the percentage set
 14 forth in subdivision three of section thirty-five of this article where-
 15 by a claimant would be eligible to apply for an extreme hardship rede-
 16 termination to a percentage below the threshold, the full board shall
 17 review and affirm, modify or rescind such decision or determination in
 18 the same manner as herein above provided for an award or dec