STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5646--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COOK, PEOPLES-STOKES, HYNDMAN, DICKENS, SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the collateral estop- pel effect of issues decided by certain arbitrators The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "fairness for accident victims act ("FAVA")". 3 § 2. Section 5106 of the insurance law is amended by adding new 4 subsection (e) to read as follows: 5 (e) With respect to an action for serious personal injury permissible 6 under section five thousand one hundred four of this article, an award 7 or decision of an arbitrator or master arbitrator or that is court 8 rendered pursuant to subsection (c) of this section seeking no-fault 9 reimbursement by or for medical providers, shall not be given collateral 10 estoppel effect in any action or proceeding arising out of the same 11 occurrence and shall not be admissible in any action or proceeding in 12 actions seeking damages for bodily injuries, pain suffering, medical 13 care and loss of wages as evidence of any facts. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 15 pending civil actions and arbitrations. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04058-03-3