New York S 4518: 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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S04518 Summary:

BILL NOS04518 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05315

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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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.

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BILL NOS04518 

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1740

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

01/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.132

01/27/20262ND REPORT CAL.

01/28/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/03/2026PASSED SENATE

02/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/03/2026referred to codes

02/24/2026substituted for a5315

02/24/2026ordered to third reading cal.139

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4518

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed 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 injured employee's carrier or agent should recom-
 13 mend or provide information concerning rehabilitation services or the
 14 availability thereof to an injured employee or [his] such injured
 15 employee's family. It shall not constitute improper influence or an
 16 attempt to improperly influence if a claimant's attorney or represen-
 17 tative communicates, verbally or in writing, with an injured employee's
 18 treating provider or a claimant's medical consultant. Such communication
 19 shall not serve as a basis to diminish or preclude the opinion of the
 20 treating provider or claimant's consultant. It shall not be presumed
 21 that a claimant's attorney or representative's communication with the
 22 injured employee's treating provider or claimant's medical consultant
 23 was an attempt to improperly influence the treating provider or medical
 24 consultant.
 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08154-01-5

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