HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 938        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1801

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to the Continuation of Workers' Compensation Benefits..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 34 of chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof: "provided, however, in those instances where an employee has received the maximum 156 weeks of benefits under this section, and where there is no agreement pursuant to section 19, and there has been no discontinuance or modification order of an administrative judge, then the employee shall continue to receive benefits equal to 45 percent of his or her average weekly wage pursuant to section 35."