New York A 5315: Provides that certain communications between a claimant's attorney or representative and an injured employee's treating provider or a claimant's medical consultant are not improper influence

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A05315 Summary:

BILL NOA05315 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04518

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SPONSORReyes

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COSPNSRSeawright, Shimsky, Meeks, Mamdani, Burdick, Sayegh, Shrestha, Santabarbara, Hevesi, Tapia, Steck,
 Jacobson, Conrad

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §13-a, Work Comp L

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Provides that certain communications between a claimant's attorney or representative and an injured employee's treating provider or a claimant's medical consultant are not improper influence or an attempt to improperly influence.

Go to top A05315 Actions:

BILL NOA05315 

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02/13/2025referred to labor

05/28/2025reported referred to codes

06/09/2025reported referred to rules

06/10/2025reported 

06/10/2025rules report cal.564

06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.564

01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.139

02/24/2026substituted by s4518

&nbspS04518 AMEND= RAMOS

&nbsp02/06/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

&nbsp06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1740

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/10/2025referred to codes

&nbsp01/07/2026died in assembly

&nbsp01/07/2026returned to senate

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

&nbsp01/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.132

&nbsp01/27/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp01/28/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp02/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/03/2026referred to codes

&nbsp02/24/2026substituted for a5315

&nbsp02/24/2026ordered to third reading cal.139

Go to topA05315 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LABOR Chair:Bronson 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes BronsonAyeDursoAye

ColtonAyeBrabenecAye

BenedettoAyeDiPietroAye

HevesiAyeMorinelloAye

RozicAyeDeStefanoAye

SteckAyeGiglioAye

CruzAyeSlaterAye

ReyesAyeNorberAye

RamosAyeSempolinskiAye

JacobsonAye

ZinermanAye

TaylorAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

AlvarezAye

RagaAye

RiveraAye

BoresAye

SimoneAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:06/09/2025AYE/NAY:18/2 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookAyeReillyExcused

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAbsent

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/10/2025AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliExcusedReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoExcused

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA05315 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05315 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5315

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 13, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, SEAWRIGHT, SHIMSKY, MEEKS, MAMDANI,
 BURDICK, SAYEGH, SHRESTHA, SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to communi-
 cations between a claimant's attorney or representative and an injured
 employee's treating provider or a claimant's medical consultant

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 13-a of the work-
 2 ers' compensation law, as amended by section 8 of part CC of chapter 55
 3 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) Any interference by any person with the selection by an injured
 5 employee of an authorized physician to treat [him] such injured
 6 employee, except when the selection is made pursuant to article ten-A of
 7 this chapter, and the improper influencing or attempt by any person
 8 improperly to influence the medical opinion of any physician who has
 9 treated or examined an injured employee, shall be a misdemeanor;
 10 provided, however, that it shall not constitute interference or improper
 11 influence if, in the presence of such injured employee's physician, an
 12 employer, [his] such injur