MA H4026

Bill

Providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker's Compensation Act

Introduced
08/05/2019

In Committee
08/05/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker's Compensation Act

AI Summary

This bill amends the Worker's Compensation Act to increase the maximum benefit for permanent functional loss and disfigurement from $15,000 to 30 times the average weekly wage in the commonwealth, as determined under the law. Additionally, the bill removes the restriction that no amount shall be payable for disfigurement that is purely scar-based, unless such disfigurement is on the face, neck, or hands.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development (J)

Last Action

Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence (on 06/22/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4026

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4026
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4026.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1621	Providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker's Compensation Act	Accompanied a new draft, see H4026	Replaces
H1638	Protecting the employment benefits of Civil Air Patrol and Coast Guard Auxiliary members	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2182	Relative to employees of the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2386	Relative to veterans retirement and pensions	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H4006	Providing for line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see H5031	Similar To
H4061	Funding the town of Hanover's Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
H4097	Relative to the funding of the Other Post-Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund in the Town of Uxbridge	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2020	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

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