HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 747        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1621

 

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

1/14/2019

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

1/14/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/29/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/30/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/31/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/31/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2019

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 747        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1621

By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Cronin of Easton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1621) of Sean Garballey, Claire D. Cronin and others relative to benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Workers' Compensation Act.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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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.”