SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
(y) service performed by a nonresident alien for the period the nonresident alien is temporarily present in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F ), (J ), (M ) or (Q ) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, codified as 8 U.S.C. section 1101, and which is performed to carry out the purpose specified in said subparagraph (F), (J), (M) or (Q), as the case may be .
SECTION 2. The definition of “Covered individual” in section 1 of chapter 175M of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- A nonresident alien shall not be a “covered individual” for the period the nonresident alien is temporarily present in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), (M) or (Q) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, codified as 8 U.S.C. section 1101, for service performed to carry out the purpose specified in said subparagraph (F), (J), (M) or (Q), as the case may be .
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