MA H1674

Bill

Relative to ensuring fairness in public employee workers' compensation benefits

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
02/20/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to public employee workers' compensation benefits for injuries from acts of violence of patients or prisoners. Labor and Workforce Development.

AI Summary

This bill amends the existing law to remove the requirement that public employees must have been injured by acts of violence from three or more patients or prisoners in their custody in order to receive workers' compensation benefits. The proposed change aims to ensure fairness in the public employee workers' compensation system by expanding eligibility for benefits to cover injuries from any act of violence by a patient or prisoner, regardless of the number of perpetrators involved.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (1)

Jim O'Day (D),

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (on 02/20/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1674

(18 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1674
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1674.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1180	Limiting out of pocket expenses	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1374	Providing for equitable rights to indemnity for public employees	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1598	Relative to worker’s compensation insurance	Committee recommended ought NOT to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
H1602	Protecting the right to strike	Accompanied a study order, see H5123	Similar To
H1636	Relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits	Accompanied a new draft, see H4026	Similar To
H2196	Relative to certain option B and option C retirees	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2197	Relative to ordinary disability retirements	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2243	Relative to the cap on work hours for retirees	Accompanied H2213	Similar To
H2342	Authorizing certain public employees’ creditable retirement service	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2386	Relative to veterans retirement and pensions	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2409	Relative to taxpayers in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H5128	Similar To
H2680	Relative to global positioning system technology and public employees	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H638	To provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process	Accompanied a study order, see H4403	Similar To
S1511	Relative to collective bargaining	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1543	Resolve establishing a study on alternative retirement benefits of public employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1544	Resolve establishing a study on providing absolute social security coverage for public employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S2311	Relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2429	Relative to fair pay for comparable work	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1180

Limiting out of pocket expenses

Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence

Similar To

H1374

Providing for equitable rights to indemnity for public employees

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H1598

Relative to worker’s compensation insurance

Committee recommended ought NOT to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Similar To

H1602

Protecting the right to strike

Accompanied a study order, see H5123

Similar To

H1636

Relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits

Accompanied a new draft, see H4026

Similar To

H2196

Relative to certain option B and option C retirees

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

H2197

Relative to ordinary disability retirements

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H2243

Relative to the cap on work hours for retirees

Accompanied H2213

Similar To

H2342

Authorizing certain public employees’ creditable retirement service

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H2386

Relative to veterans retirement and pensions

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H2409

Relative to taxpayers in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H5128

Similar To

H2680

Relative to global positioning system technology and public employees

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

H638

To provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process

Accompanied a study order, see H4403

Similar To

S1511

Relative to collective bargaining

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S1543

Resolve establishing a study on alternative retirement benefits of public employees

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S1544

Resolve establishing a study on providing absolute social security coverage for public employees

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S2311

Relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2429

Relative to fair pay for comparable work

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

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