HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 274        FILED ON: 1/8/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2406

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to disability pensions..

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

Chapter 32 of the General Laws is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof;

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, applications for accidental  disability pensions shall require the review of members medical records pertaining to the specific injury or injuries contained in the application. No other medical records shall be reviewed.