CHAPTER 125
SB 364 - FINAL VERSION
3/16/00 3343s
2000 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 364
AN ACT relative to benefits for permanent bodily losses under workers' compensation.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gordon, Dist 2; Sen. McCarley, Dist 6; Rep. Bridle, Rock 22; Rep. Kelley, Rock 22
This bill requires that the balance of an unpaid weekly scheduled permanent impairment award under worker's compensation be paid to the estate of the employee in the event of the employee's death. Current law voids such balances.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
3/16/00 3343s
00-2609
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to benefits for permanent bodily losses under workers' compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
125:1 Balance Paid to Estate. RSA 281-A:32, XIII is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
XIII. BALANCE PAID TO ESTATE. The balance of an unpaid weekly scheduled award shall, upon the death of the employee, be paid to the estate of the employee.
125:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 8, 2000)
(Effective Date: July 7, 2000)