MA S2033

Bill

MA S2033

Relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits

Introduced
10/15/2015

In Committee
10/26/2015

Crossed Over
10/22/2015

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits (Senate, No. 968) [also based on House, No. 1707],-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2033).

AI Summary

This bill aims to update how disfigurement benefits are calculated for workers' compensation claims in Massachusetts. Specifically, it proposes to change the way compensation is determined for permanent disfigurement, which refers to scarring or other lasting physical impairments that affect a person's appearance. Instead of a fixed amount of fifteen thousand dollars, the bill seeks to set the disfigurement benefit at 22.5 times the average weekly wage in the commonwealth, as determined by a specific section of another law (chapter 151A, section 29(a)). This new calculation method will apply to claims filed on or after the bill's effective date, and it also removes the last sentence from a specific subsection (k) of the relevant law (chapter 152, section 36), which likely contained previous limitations or rules regarding these benefits.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate)

Last Action

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (on 10/26/2015)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2033

(16 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2033
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2033.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
S1021	Relative to workers compensation insurance	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1262	Resolve providing for a study by a special commission relative to the primary prevention of gun violence	Accompanied a study order, see S2362	Similar To
S1264	Relative to criminal justice training regarding autistic persons	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1266	Relative to change of address for firearm licensing	Accompanied a study order, see S2362	Similar To
S1267	Relative to equitable firearm license fees	Accompanied a study order, see S2362	Similar To
S1293	Creating a commission to study the effectiveness of a drug dealer registry in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2362	Similar To
S1331	Establishing creditable service for 03 employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2314	Similar To
S1429	Relative to surviving family of emergency medical technicians	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1430	Further regulating employee benefits	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1431	Relative to the retirement benefits of certain widows and surviving spouses	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1438	Relative to line of duty death benefits	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2046	Relative to the retirement benefits of state police dispatchers	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2106	Authorizing the town of Southbridge to place a certain question on the ballot relative to amending the charter of the town of Southbridge	Accompanied a study order, see S2385	Similar To
S968	Relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits	New draft substituted, as amended, see S2033	Replaces
S990	Relative to the penalty for failure to provide workers' compensation insurance	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S994	Relative to workers' compensation coverage for officers of non-profit associations	Accompanied H1705	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

S1021

Relative to workers compensation insurance

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

Similar To

S1262

Resolve providing for a study by a special commission relative to the primary prevention of gun violence

Accompanied a study order, see S2362

Similar To

S1264

Relative to criminal justice training regarding autistic persons

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

Similar To

S1266

Relative to change of address for firearm licensing

Accompanied a study order, see S2362

Similar To

S1267

Relative to equitable firearm license fees

Accompanied a study order, see S2362

Similar To

S1293

Creating a commission to study the effectiveness of a drug dealer registry in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see S2362

Similar To

S1331

Establishing creditable service for 03 employees

Accompanied a study order, see S2314

Similar To

S1429

Relative to surviving family of emergency medical technicians

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

Similar To

S1430

Further regulating employee benefits

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

Similar To

S1431

Relative to the retirement benefits of certain widows and surviving spouses

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

Similar To

S1438

Relative to line of duty death benefits

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

Similar To

S2046

Relative to the retirement benefits of state police dispatchers

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

Similar To

S2106

Authorizing the town of Southbridge to place a certain question on the ballot relative to amending the charter of the town of Southbridge

Accompanied a study order, see S2385

Similar To

S968

Relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits

New draft substituted, as amended, see S2033

Replaces

S990

Relative to the penalty for failure to provide workers' compensation insurance

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

Similar To

S994

Relative to workers' compensation coverage for officers of non-profit associations

Accompanied H1705

Similar To

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