HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4609

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, April 4, 2022.

The committee on Labor and Workforce Development to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1975) of Sean Garballey, Claire D. Cronin and others relative to benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Workers' Compensation Act, and the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2053) of Paul F. Tucker and others relative to fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4609) ought to pass.

For the committee,

JOSH S. CUTLER.

        FILED ON: 2/2/2022

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4609

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 providing benefits for permanent functional loss.

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 figure:- $42,950