Bill Text: NH SB204 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to a benefit for certain medical conditions covered by workers compensation and establishing a commission to study soft tissue injuries under workers compensation and to study the feasibility of developing a first responders critical injury fund.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-23 - III. Remainder Effective 07/21/14 [SB204 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-SB204-Introduced.html
SB 204-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
01/10
SENATE BILL 204-FN
AN ACT relative to medical conditions covered by workers’ compensation.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Goley, Hills 8; Rep. D. Sullivan, Hills 42; Rep. Long, Hills 42
This bill extends workers’ compensation benefits to certain medical conditions.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2599
01/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to medical conditions covered by workers’ compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraphs; Workers' Compensation; Scheduled Permanent Impairment Award; Medical Conditions Added. Amend RSA 281-A:32 by inserting after subparagraph (o) the following new subparagraphs:
(p) Back 374
(q) Brain 520
(r) Carotid Artery 520
(s) Cervical Spine 117
(t) Coccyx (actual removal) 35
(u) Gall Bladder 13
(v) Heart 520
(w) Jaw (mastication) 35
(x) Kidney 117
(y) Loss of Bladder 233
(z) Liver 347
(aa) Lung 117
(bb) Mammary 35
(cc) Nose (sense of and respiratory function) 35
(dd) Ovary 35
(ee) Pancreas 416
(ff) Penis 35-104
(gg) Rib Cage (bilateral) 69
(hh) Sense of Taste 17
(ii) Speech 163
(jj) Spleen 13
(kk) Stomach 260
(ll) Testis 35
(mm) Uterus 35-104
(nn) Vagina 35-104
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
LBAO
14-2599
11/05/13
SB 204-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to medical conditions covered by workers’ compensation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Labor states this bill, as introduced, may increase state, county and local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2015 and each year thereafter. There is no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Labor states this bill extends workers’ compensation benefits to certain medical conditions. The Department states this bill could result in additional payouts in workers’ compensation benefits for local, county and state governments in their role as employers. The Department is not able to predict how many injuries would fit the additional permanent impairment award categories to determine the increase in state, county and local expenditures.
