The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas M. McGee
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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 relative to workers compensation for veterans.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Thomas M. McGee |
Third Essex and Middlesex |
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Francis X. Callahan, Jr. |
256 Freeport Street, Dorchester, MA 02122 |
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Marc R. Pacheco |
First Plymouth and Bristol |
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Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. |
12th Hampden |
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Martin J. Walsh |
13th Suffolk |
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Jennifer L. Flanagan |
Worcester and Middlesex |
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Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
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David B. Sullivan |
6th Bristol |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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Anthony D. Galluccio |
Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex |
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Karen E. Spilka |
Second Middlesex and Norfolk |
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Steven J. D'Amico |
4th Bristol |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to workers compensation for veterans.
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(7A) of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the paragraph in line 159 the following:- “Any employee who served in the United States Armed Forces or National Guard and as a result of such service sustained an emotional or physical injury, who in the course of an arising out of this employment receives a personal injury which combines with, or is aggravated or prolonged by such disability, shall be entitled to compensation regardless of the extent to which the services related disability contributes.”