A 5809 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Requires the workers' compensation board to submit a supplemental report every year

Summary

Requires the workers' compensation board to submit a supplemental report every year, including recommendations to modernize such board and certain data regarding claims made and decisions rendered on such claims.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action May 29, 2026

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A5809 → A5809A · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to shift the focus of the Workers' Compensation Board's required supplemental report from the board's general operational status to the specific status of its membership. Additionally, the list of required data points was reorganized and expanded to better track claims involving delays and frivolous appeals.

Scope change

The scope of the reporting requirements for the Workers' Compensation Board was modified to include specific metrics on membership status and to restructure how claim delay and frivolous appeal data is reported.

REQUIREMENT

The required report now specifically asks for the 'status of membership' of the board instead of the general 'status of the workers' compensation board'.

New requirements were added to report on the status of any ongoing modernization efforts related to the board.

The reporting criteria for delayed claims were updated to explicitly cross-reference the specific subdivision detailing the reasons for the delay.

The reporting criteria for frivolous appeals were updated to cross-reference both the delay subdivision and the new frivolous appeals subdivision.

A new requirement was added to report on the number of claims involving frivolous appeals by employers and whether related decisions exceeded average processing times.

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Committee

Amendments

May 28, 2026

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Apr 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 5809A

lower

Apr 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO LABOR

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO LABOR

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor