SENATE DOCKET, NO. 643        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1063

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sal N. DiDomenico

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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 relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/31/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/31/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/31/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 643        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1063

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1063) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Michael O. Moore, James B. Eldridge and Brendan P. Crighton for legislation relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 998 OF 2017-2018.]

 

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 relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement 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 36(k) of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, 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.”