HB 1480 - AS INTRODUCED
2002 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1480
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill clarifies the issue of the carrier responsible for medical benefits under RSA 281-A in the event an injury reoccurs.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02-2460
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to liability for benefits under workers' compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Medical Care and Treatment; Liability for Benefits. Amend RSA 281-A by inserting after section 23-b the following new section:
281-A:23-c Liability for Medical Care and Treatment Benefits. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the carrier which was the carrier on the date of medical diagnosis of an injury shall be, after notice and hearing, liable for any further medical treatment required in the event an injury has reoccurred.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.