New York S 4802: Requires hearings on certain claims to occur within a specific amount of time

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S04802 Summary:

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Requires hearings on claims for compensation to occur within 120 days; results in a default judgment for the claimant if such hearing has not occurred within 120 days.

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4802

 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 Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation to
 requiring hearings on certain claims to occur within a specific amount
 of time

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

 1 Section 1. Section 43 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as
 2 amended by chapter 336 of the laws of 1957, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 43. Determination of claims for benefits. The provisions of section
 5 twenty of the [workmen's] workers' compensation law shall be applicable
 6 as fully as if set forth in this chapter, except that the waiting period
 7 of seven days for the presentation of claims for benefits shall not
 8 apply to the presentation of claims for benefits under this chapter, and
 9 a hearing ordered by the chair or board shall occur within one hundred
 10 twenty days after a claim for compensation is submitted under this chap-
 11 ter, provided that failure of such hearing to occur within one hundred
 12 twenty days of such submission shall default such claim in the claim-
 13 ant's favor, including full payment of the award, determining such claim
 14 for compensation.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09577-01-5

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