Int. No. 507
By Council Members Gennaro, Brewer, Foster, Gentile, James, Koppell, Liu, Mark-Viverito, Nelson, Palma and Weprin
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to workplace injury reporting requirements.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph (ix) of paragraph 1 of subdivision c of section 12-127 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
(ix) a list of any expenses paid as a result of such claim, including, but not limited to, expenses relating to wage replacement, medical costs, administrative costs, claims adjuster costs, legal defense costs, fraud investigation costs, medical billing research costs, court costs, and any penalties.
§2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision c of section 12-127 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
(3) The mayor of the city of New York shall ensure that an annual report is prepared utilizing the records received from each city agency pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision c of this section. Such report shall be transmitted in written and electronic format to the mayor, the comptroller, the public advocate and the speaker of the council of the city of New York by the first day of May, covering the previous calendar year. The report shall include an executive summary and index. Such report shall also include, but not be limited to:
(i) the information gathered pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision c of this section, disaggregated by agency, job title, and the city as a whole;
(ii) an analysis, with respect to each agency included in the report, of expenses paid as a result of workers' compensation claims, including, but not limited to, expenses related to wage replacement, medical costs, administrative costs, claims adjuster costs, legal defense costs, fraud investigation costs, medical billing research costs, and any penalties paid by an agency;
[(ii) a list of the occurrence of specific claims for each agency and for the city as a whole;
(iii) a list of the specific sites where injuries occurred for each agency and for the city as a whole;
(iv)] (iii) year-to-year comparisons of [information compiled] the records gathered and the analysis performed pursuant to this paragraph.
§3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or other portion of this local law is for any reason declared unconstitutional or invalid, in whole or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable, and such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this local law, which remaining portions shall continue in full force and effect.
§4. This local law shall take effect on June 1, 2007.
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LS # 1949
01-23-07