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NY Work Comp L § 49-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 3-A - Occupational Loss of Hearing 49-AA - Declaration of Purpose.

§ 49-aa. Declaration of purpose. The compensability of claims for loss   of  hearing  resulting  from  exposure to industrial noise has created a   problem in this state  which  is  a  matter  of  grave  concern  to  the   legislature.  The  legislature,  therefore,  finds and declares that the   public interest can best be served by providing  that  compensation  for   occupational  loss  of  hearing  shall  be paid only as provided in this   article and subject to the conditions and  limitations  hereinafter  set   forth.
NY Work Comp L § 49-BB (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 3-A - Occupational Loss of Hearing 49-BB - Waiting Period; Date of Disablement; Payment of Compensation.

§ 49-bb. Waiting period; date of disablement; payment of compensation.   Notwithstanding  any  other  inconsistent  provisions  of  this chapter,   compensation for occupational loss  of  hearing  shall  become  due  and   payable  at  the  employee's  choice three months after (1) removal from   exposure to harmful  noise  in  employment  (removal  from  exposure  to   harmful  noise  in  employment for the three month waiting period may be   achieved by use of effective ear  protection  devices  provided  at  the   expense  of  the  employer)  or  (2)  separation  from work for the last   employer in whose employment the employee was  at  anytime  during  such   employment  exposed  to  harmful  noise.  The last day of such period of   removal from such exposure or of separation from such work shall be  the   date  of disablement. Such disablement shall be treated as the happening   of an accident within the meaning of this chapter and the procedure  and   practice  provided  in the chapter shall apply to all proceedings as set   forth in this  article  except  where  specifically  otherwise  provided   herein.  A  claim  for  loss  of hearing under this article shall not be   barred by the failure of the employee or the  employee's  dependents  to   file   a  claim  within  the  two  year  period  prescribed  by  section   twenty-eight of this chapter, provided such claim shall be  filed  after   such two year period within ninety days after knowledge that the loss of   hearing is or was due to the nature of the employment. An employee whose   disablement  and  knowledge  of  disablement  occurred  prior to October   first, nineteen hundred eighty shall have six months from such  date  to   file  a  claim.  The  former average wage on which the compensation rate   payable shall be based shall be  determined,  as  provided  in  sections   fourteen  and  fourteen-a  of  this  chapter, by the wages earned by the   employee during the year prior to the employee's last day of work in the   last employment in which the employee was exposed to harmful noise.
NY Work Comp L § 49-CC (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 3-A - Occupational Loss of Hearing 49-CC - Right to Compensation.

§  49-cc.  Right to compensation. If an employee becomes disabled from   occupational loss of hearing he shall be  entitled  to  compensation  in   accordance  with  the provisions of subdivision three of section fifteen   of this chapter. No employee shall  in  the  aggregate  receive  greater   compensation from any or all employers than that provided in subdivision   three  of section fifteen for total loss of hearing. Notwithstanding the   provisions of paragraph c of subdivision four of section twenty-five  of   this  chapter  awards  for occupational loss of hearing shall be paid in   addition to, and shall not be deducted  from,  benefits  payable  to  an   employee  under  any  welfare  plan, pension plan, agreement or trust to   which such employee is a party or of which he is a beneficiary.
NY Work Comp L § 49-DD (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 3-A - Occupational Loss of Hearing 49-DD - Posthumous Schedule Awards.

§  49-dd.  Posthumous schedule awards. If an employee shall die before   he shall have been removed from exposure to harmful noise for  a  period   of  at least three consecutive months as hereinbefore provided, an award   may be made payable in accordance with  the  provisions  of  subdivision   four  of  section  fifteen  of  this chapter and such award shall not be   barred by the fact that the deceased shall not have  been  removed  from   harmful noise for a period of at least three consecutive months. In such   case  the  extent  and  degree  of  the  employee's occupational loss of   hearing, and the  award,  if  any,  to  be  paid  for  such  loss  under   subdivision   three  of  section  fifteen  of  this  chapter,  shall  be   determined upon the submission of proper proof of the occupational  loss   of  hearing  sustained by the deceased employee. The date of disablement   shall be the date of the employee's death.
NY Work Comp L § 49-FF (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 3-A - Occupational Loss of Hearing 49-FF - Minimum Exposure Required.

§  49-ff.  Minimum  exposure  required. No employee or his dependents,   shall, in the absence  of  substantial  evidence  to  the  contrary,  be   entitled  to  an  award  for  occupational  loss  of  hearing unless the   employee shall have been employed in  an  employment  in  which  he  was   exposed  to  harmful  noise for a period of at least ninety days in this   state.
NY Work Comp L § 49-GG (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 3-A - Occupational Loss of Hearing 49-GG - Determination of Damage Risk Criteria and Standards for the Measurement of Occupational Loss of Hearing.

§  49-gg.  Determination of damage risk criteria and standards for the   measurement of  occupational  loss  of  hearing.  The  chairman  of  the   workers'  compensation  board is authorized and empowered to, and shall,   appoint and consult with a committee or  committees  of  not  less  than   three  nor  more  than nine outstanding expert consultants familiar with   the various aspects of the problem of industrial noise and  occupational   loss  of  hearing for the purpose of developing their recommendations as   to the most reliable and acceptable damage risk criteria  and  standards   for  the  measurement and determination of occupational loss of hearing.   Such recommendations shall include but  shall  not  be  limited  to  the   subjects of (a) what industrial noise levels may cause occupational loss   of  hearing,  (b) frequencies to be used in measuring industrial hearing   loss, (c) the point below which there is no hearing disability  and  the   point  above  which the inability to hear shall be deemed total, (d) the   use of a monaural or binaural method of computing the percentage loss of   hearing, (e) proper deductions for presbycusis and other  non-industrial   causes  of  deafness  and  being  hard of hearing, and (f) the number of   examinations needed to evaluate industrial hearing loss and the  fairest   method   of   determining  the  loss  from  the  results  of  successive   examinations. The committee  or  committees  of  expert  consultants  so   appointed  by the chairman shall meet and confer with representatives of   the workers' compensation board and with  representatives  of  employers   and   employees,   and   shall  thereafter  report  their  findings  and   recommendations  to  the  workers'  compensation  board.  The   workers'   compensation  board, after giving due consideration to such findings and   recommendations,  is  authorized  to   adopt   reasonable   rules,   not   inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter including without   limitation section forty-nine-hh of this article,  and  the  labor  law,   prescribing  damage  risk criteria and standards for the measurement and   determination of occupational loss of hearing. Pending  the  formulation   and  adoption  by  the workers' compensation board of such rules, claims   for occupational loss of hearing shall be determined upon the  basis  of   the  tentative  standards  and  criteria  contained in the report, dated   December, nineteen hundred fifty-three of the committee appointed by the   workers' compensation board and entitled "Report  of  the  Committee  of   Consultants on Occupational Loss of Hearing."
NY Work Comp L § 49-HH (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 3-A - Occupational Loss of Hearing 49-HH - Standards.

§   49-hh.   Standards.   Any   standards   for  the  measurement  and   determination of occupational hearing loss adopted by the board pursuant   to  section  forty-nine-gg  of  this  article  shall  conform  with  the   standards   recommended  by  the  American  Academy  of  Otolarnyngology   accepted by the American Medical Association.
NY Work Comp L § 50-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 4 - Security for Compensation 50-A - Self-Insurer Offset Fund.

§  50-a.  Self-insurer offset fund. 1. The chair shall maintain a fund   to be known as the self-insurer offset fund and such fund shall be  held   in  the  sole  custody of the chair. The chair may transfer the money in   such fund to the administrative account as necessary to  effectuate  the   purpose  of  this  section. The chair shall use the money in the fund to   pay unmet claims for self-insurers.2. At any time prior to April first, two thousand  eleven,  the  chair   may  withdraw funds from the uninsured employers fund provided for under   section twenty-six-a of this chapter, up to such  amount  as  the  chair   determines  is sufficient to fund any anticipated additional expenses of   such fund, taking into account anticipated available revenues, but in no   event to exceed seventy-five million  dollars  in  the  aggregate.  Such   funds  shall be deposited into the self-insurer offset fund, and used in   accordance with subdivision one of this section. As consistent with this   section, the chair may  set  the  timing  of  such  withdrawals  in  its   discretion.3.  Beginning  in  two thousand fifteen, and each year thereafter, the   chair shall add to the  total  of  each  annual  assessment  made  under   paragraph g of subdivision five of section fifty of this article the sum   of  up  to  three  million dollars, to be allocated to private group and   individual self-insurers in accordance with such  paragraph.  The  chair   shall  assess  additional  funds  under  this  paragraph as necessary to   insure that there  are  sufficient  funds  in  the  fund  for  uninsured   employers  to  meet  its liabilities, or if necessary in accordance with   section one hundred  fifty-one  of  this  chapter.  Such  funds  as  are   collected  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  shall  be deposited into the   uninsured employer  fund  until  all  funds  withdrawn  therefrom  under   subdivision one of this section are returned with interest calculated at   an  annual  rate  equal  to  the rate of return on funds in the fund for   uninsured employers from the prior year.4. To the extent provided by the self-insurer bond financing agreement   the chair may request the dormitory authority to transfer bond  proceeds   into  such  account  for  the  purposes  outlined  in the bond financing   agreement.5. At such time as the board is not obligated to pay any unmet  claims   of  a self-insurer, the fund created under this section shall be closed,   and any money  remaining  in  the  fund  shall  be  deposited  into  the   uninsured employer fund.
NY Work Comp L § 50-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 4 - Security for Compensation 50-B - Task Force on Group Self-Insurance.

§  50-b.  Task force on group self-insurance. There is established the   task force on group self-insurance whose membership shall consist of the   chair or his or her designee, the superintendent of  financial  services   or  his  or  her  designee,  the  commissioner  of  labor  or his or her   designee, and twelve members to be appointed by the governor as follows:   two upon nomination of the speaker of the assembly, two upon  nomination   of  the  temporary  president  of the senate, one upon nomination by the   president of the New York state American federation of labor-congress of   industrial organizations,  one  upon  the  nomination  of  the  business   council  of New York state, one who is a representative of an individual   self-insurer  or  representative  of  an  organization  that  represents   individual  self-insurers,  one  who  is a trustee or administrator of a   group self-insurer or representative of an organization that  represents   group self-insurers, one who is a representative of an organization that   represents  workers'  compensation  claimants,  and three others without   limitation. The governor shall appoint the chair of the task force.  The   task force shall report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and   the  temporary  president of the senate on or before February first, two   thousand nine making recommendations concerning:1. the prevention of future defaults by group self-insurers;2. regulation of group self-insurers and its impact and effectiveness;3. payment of claims insured by defaulted group self-insurers;4. the long term viability of group self-insurers; and5. such other topics related to group self-insurance as the task force   may deem necessary.
NY Work Comp L § 51 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 4 - Security for Compensation 51 - Posting of Notice Regarding Compensation.

§ 51. Posting of notice regarding compensation. Every employer who has   complied with section fifty of this article shall post and maintain in a   conspicuous place or places in and about his place or places of business   typewritten or printed in English and Spanish notices in form prescribed   by  the  chairman,  stating  the  fact that he has complied with all the   rules and regulations of the chairman and the  board  and  that  he  has   secured   the  payment  of  compensation  to  his  employees  and  their   dependents in accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  but   failure  to  post  such  notice  as herein provided shall not in any way   affect the exclusiveness of the remedy provided for by section eleven of   this  chapter.  Every  employer  who  owns  or  operates  automotive  or   horse-drawn  vehicles  and  has  no  minimum  staff of regular employees   required to  report  for  work  at  an  established  place  of  business   maintained  by  such  employer  and every employer who is engaged in the   business of moving household goods or furniture shall post such  notices   in  each  and every vehicle owned or operated by him. Failure to post or   maintain  such  notice  in  any  of  said  vehicles   shall   constitute   presumptive evidence that such employer has failed to secure the payment   of  compensation.  The  chairman  may  require any employer to furnish a   written statement at any time  showing  the  stock  corporation,  mutual   corporation  or  reciprocal insurer in which such employer is insured or   the manner in which such employer has complied  with  any  provision  of   this  chapter.  Failure for a period of ten days to furnish such written   statement shall constitute presumptive evidence that such  employer  has   neglected  or  failed  in respect of any of the matters so required. Any   employer who fails to comply with the provisions of this  section  shall   be  required to pay to the board a fine of five hundred dollars for each   violation, in addition to any other  penalties  imposed  by  law  to  be   deposited into the uninsured employers' fund.
NY Work Comp L § 53 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 4 - Security for Compensation 53 - Release From Liability.

§  53.  Release  from  liability.  An employer securing the payment of   compensation by contributing premiums to the state  fund  shall  thereby   become  relieved  from  all  liability  for  personal  injuries or death   sustained by his employees, and the  persons  entitled  to  compensation   under  this  chapter shall have recourse therefor only to the state fund   and not to the employer.  An employer shall not  otherwise  be  relieved   from the liability for compensation prescribed by this chapter except by   the  payment thereof by himself or his insurance carrier. The provisions   of this section shall not apply to the state of New York, as an employer   except to the extent that the fund has provided insurance coverage on an   actuarially sound basis to the  state  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of   section  eighty-eight-c of this chapter. To the extent that the fund has   not provided insurance coverage on an actuarially sound  basis  pursuant   to  section  eighty-eight-c of this chapter, any state employee or other   person entitled to compensation under this chapter as a  consequence  of   personal  injuries  or  death  of  a  state  employee  shall have direct   recourse therefor only to the state.
NY Work Comp L § 54-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 4 - Security for Compensation 54-A - Security Where Coverage Is in Issue.

§ 54-a. Security where coverage is in issue. Where the issue of policy   coverage  is raised by a carrier in any hearing or proceeding before the   board, and an appeal by the carrier, or the making of an application for   review is made, although an award is made to a claimant therein  against   the  employer  and  carrier, the chairman may, nevertheless, require the   employer to deposit the amount of said award or  furnish  such  security   therefor as may be deemed satisfactory by said chairman. If the employer   shall  fail to make such deposit or give such security, the award may be   enforced promptly against said employer by the entry of judgment by  and   in  the  name  of  the  chairman,  for and in behalf of such claimant in   accordance with the provisions of  section  twenty-six  hereof.  In  the   event  that  the  award made as against the carrier is finally affirmed,   the employer shall be entitled to the return of said security  deposited   or, if the said award has been paid, to an award by way of reimbursement   against  the said carrier for the amount of money paid upon the award or   judgment entered thereon to the  claimant.  If  the  award  against  the   carrier  is  finally reversed on appeal, then the carrier is relieved of   liability and not otherwise.
NY Work Comp L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 4 - Security for Compensation 55 - Acceptance of Premium by Carrier an Estoppel.

§  55.  Acceptance  of premium by carrier an estoppel. Acceptance of a   premium on a policy securing to an employee compensation,  either  alone   or  in  connection  with  other  insurance,  shall  estop the carrier so   accepting from pleading that the employment of such employee  is  not  a   hazardous  employment  or the employment is not carried on for pecuniary   gain.
NY Work Comp L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 4 - Security for Compensation 57 - Restriction on Issue of Permits and the Entering Into Contracts Unless Compensation Is Secured.

§  57. Restriction on issue of permits and the entering into contracts   unless compensation is secured.  1. The head of  a  state  or  municipal   department, board, commission or office authorized or required by law to   issue  any  permit  for  or  in  connection  with any work involving the   employment of employees  in  a  hazardous  employment  defined  by  this   chapter, and notwithstanding any general or special statute requiring or   authorizing  the  issue  of  such  permits,  shall not issue such permit   unless proof duly subscribed by an insurance carrier is  produced  in  a   form  satisfactory to the chair, that compensation for all employees has   been secured as provided by this chapter. Nothing herein, however, shall   be construed as creating any liability on the  part  of  such  state  or   municipal   department,   board,   commission   or  office  to  pay  any   compensation to any such employee if so employed.2. The head of a state or municipal department, board,  commission  or   office  authorized  or required by law to enter into any contract for or   in connection with any work involving the employment of employees  in  a   hazardous  employment  defined  by  this  chapter,  notwithstanding  any   general or special statute requiring or authorizing any  such  contract,   shall  not  enter into any such contract unless proof duly subscribed by   an insurance carrier is produced in a form satisfactory  to  the  chair,   that compensation for all employees has been secured as provided by this   chapter.
NY Work Comp L § 58 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 4 - Security for Compensation 58 - Payment of Compensation to Persons Providing Housekeeping or Nursing Services.

§  58.  Payment  of  compensation to persons providing housekeeping or   nursing services. An employer under the workmen's compensation  law,  or   the  insurance  carrier  under  the  policy  of  workmen's  compensation   insurance covering such employer, or any other  person  or  organization   including   the  state,  a  municipal  corporation  or  other  political   subdivision  of  the  state  which  provides  housekeeping,  or  nursing   services  to  an  injured  employee  or  recipient  of  social  services   assistance or which arranges for such services by authorizing the hiring   of an employee for such  purposes  and  which  supplies  funds  for  the   payment of such employee's wages, notwithstanding any general or special   statute  requiring or authorizing such housekeeping or nursing services,   shall be liable for the payment of compensation to the person performing   such housekeeping or nursing  services  as  provided  by  this  chapter.   Nothing  in  this section shall create an employer-employee relationship   when such relationship does not otherwise exist.
NY Work Comp L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 5 - County Self-Insurance Plan 60 - Definitions.

§  60. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall   mean and include:1. "Public corporation." A corporation as defined in section three  of   the  general  corporation  law, except that a public benefit corporation   shall not be deemed a  public  corporation  for  the  purposes  of  this   article unless it operates in a territory coterminous with the county or   a tax district or districts within the county.1-a.  "Contract  agency",  "contract  association".  A  not-for-profit   corporation or association which  provides  services  exclusively  to  a   single  county  on a contractual basis and receives at least eighty-five   percent of its funding from the local, state or federal government.2. "Municipal corporation," "district corporation" and "public benefit   corporation." A municipal corporation, district corporation  and  public   benefit  corporation,  respectively,  as defined in section three of the   general corporation law.3. "Plans." The plan of self-insurance provided for in this article.4. "Committee." The committee appointed pursuant to section sixty-four   of this chapter to administer the plan.5. "Administrator." The administrator appointed  pursuant  to  section   sixty-four of this chapter to administer the plan.6. "Participant." A public corporation participating in a plan.7.  "Liability."  The  liability of a participant to pay compensation,   assessments and all other obligations imposed by  or  pursuant  to  this   chapter,  the  volunteer  firefighters'  benefit  law, and the volunteer   ambulance workers' benefit law except as otherwise provided  in  section   sixty-one of this chapter.8.  "Reserve."  The  self-insurance  reserve  provided  for in section   sixty-nine of this chapter.