HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 15        FILED ON: 1/6/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 15

So much of the recommendations of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (House, No. 9) as relates to accidental disability and Group 1 emotional distress.  Public Service.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to accidental disability and Group 1 emotional distress.

 

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

Paragraph (a) of subdivision (3) of section 7 of chapter 32 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2016 official edition, is hereby amended in line 182 by adding:

Members or beneficiaries filing for benefits under this section or section nine solely on the basis of an emotional disability, may use the official records of his department to establish proof of an injury sustained or a hazard undergone.