Bill Text: MA S681 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provide benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Workers Compensation Act

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-20 - Read; and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [S681 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S681-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John A. Hart, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker’s Compensation Act.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
John A. Hart, Jr.	First Suffolk
David M. Torrisi	14th Essex
Thomas M. McGee	Third Essex and Middlesex

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01060 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker’s Compensation Act.

                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 36 of Chapter 152 of the General Laws, appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 74 to 76, inclusive, the following sentence:-

            No amount shall be payable under this section for disfigurement that is purely scar based, unless such disfigurement is on the face, neck or hands.