HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1284        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1006

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sean Garballey and Claire D. Cronin

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker's Compensation Act.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/18/2017

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

1/20/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

11/1/2017

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/24/2017

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

11/1/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

11/1/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

11/1/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

11/1/2017

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

11/1/2017

Paul Tucker

7th Essex

11/1/2017

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

11/1/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1284        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1006

By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Cronin of Easton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1006) of Sean Garballey, Claire Cronin and others relative to benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the workers’ compensation law.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1707 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker's Compensation Act.

 

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

Section 36(k) of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the words "fifteen thousand dollars" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 30 times the average weekly wage in the commonwealth as determined pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29 of chapter 151A. and by striking out in lines 4-6 the words “No amount shall be payable under this section for disfigurement that is purely scar-based, unless such disfigurement is on the face, neck or hands.”