A 1423: Requires reports of independent medical examinations to be submitted by electronic filing; requires such report to additionally be mailed to the claimant unless the claimant opts out.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1423 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to submission requirements for reports of independent medical examinations 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 1 of section 137 of the work- 2 ers' compensation law, as added by chapter 473 of the laws of 2000, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) A copy of each report of independent medical examination shall be 5 submitted by the practitioner on the same day and in the same manner, 6 that includes but is not limited to electronic filing, to the board, the 7 insurance carrier, the claimant's attending physician or other attending 8 practitioner, the claimant's representative and the claimant. Provided, 9 however, that submitting an electronic filing to a system operated by 10 the board in a manner prescribed by the chair shall satisfy such 11 requirement. The practitioner shall also mail a copy of the independent 12 medical examination report to the claimant on the same day as the report 13 is electronically filed with the board unless such claimant opts out of 14 such requirement by providing notice to the board in writing. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02062-01-5