§ 20. Determination of claims for compensation. 1. At any time\nafter the expiration of the first seven days of disability on the part\nof an injured employee, or at any time after the employee's death, a\nclaim for compensation may be presented to the employer or to the chair.\nThe board shall have full power and authority to determine all questions\nin relation to the payment of claims presented to it for compensation\nunder the provisions of this chapter. The chair or board shall make or\ncause to be made such investigation as it deems necessary, and upon\napplication of either party, shall order a hearing, and within thirty\ndays after a claim for compensation is submitted under this section, or\nsuch hearing closed, shall make or deny an award, determining such claim\nfor compensation, and file the same in the office of the chair.\nImmediately after such filing the chair shall send to the parties a copy\nof the decision. Upon a hearing pursuant to this section either party\nmay present evidence and be represented by counsel. The decision of the\nboard shall be final as to all questions of fact, and, except as\nprovided in section twenty-three of this article, as to all questions of\nlaw. Except as provided in section twenty-seven of this article, all\nawards of the board shall draw simple interest from thirty days after\nthe making thereof at the rate provided in section five thousand four of\nthe civil practice law and rules. Whenever a hearing or proceeding for\nthe determination of a claim for compensation is begun before a referee,\npursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such hearing or proceeding\nor any adjourned hearing thereon shall continue before the same referee\nuntil a final determination awarding or denying compensation, except in\nthe absence, inability or disqualification to act of such referee, or\nfor other good cause, in which event such hearing or proceeding may be\ncontinued before another referee by order of the chair or board.\n 2. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, any claim for\ncompensation by (i) judges, conciliators, and managerial or confidential\nemployees of the workers' compensation board and state insurance fund\nwho are allocated to a grade M1 or above pursuant to section one hundred\nthirty of the civil service law, (ii) the chair, vice-chair and members\nof the workers' compensation board, and (iii) the executive director,\ndeputy executive directors and members of the board of commissioners of\nthe state insurance fund shall not be within the jurisdiction of the\nworkers' compensation board but instead shall be determined by a neutral\noutside arbitration process as provided by regulations promulgated by\nthe chair. Such claims shall be filed in the same manner as any other\nclaim for compensation under this chapter.\n (b) All issues and questions of law or fact pertaining to such claims\nshall be resolved by the arbitrator appointed pursuant to this\nparagraph. Arbitrators shall be appointed by the chair to adjudicate\nclaims under this paragraph. Such arbitrators shall have the same\npowers and duties as those accorded referees under this chapter,\nincluding powers delegated by the chair. The provisions of this chapter\nshall be applicable to claims under this paragraph insofar as they are\nnot inconsistent herewith.\n (c) An award or decision by an arbitrator pursuant to this paragraph\nis deemed to be a final decision of the board except if review of such\ndecision is sought as provided in paragraph (d) of this subdivision. No\nmodification, rescission or review of such award or decision may be\nentertained by the board, notwithstanding any provision of this chapter\nto the contrary.\n (d) Within thirty days after notice of the filing of an award or\ndecision by an arbitrator, any party in interest may request review of\nthe arbitrator's decision by a panel of three arbitrators in the same\nmanner and to the same extent as the decision by a
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