An Act creating fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits

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An Act creating fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits

An Act creating fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Hendricks of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

• An Act creating fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Hendricks of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
• 2105) of Sean Garballey and Christopher Hendricks relative to workers' compensation disfigurement benefits.
• Labor and Workforce Development.
• Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Official Summary Text

An Act creating fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits
By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Hendricks of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2105) of Sean Garballey and Christopher Hendricks relative to workers' compensation disfigurement benefits. Labor and Workforce Development.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2105

Subsection (k) of section 36 of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the following words "fifteen thousand dollars" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- "not to exceed a sum equal to the average wage in the commonwealth on the date of the injury multiplied by thirty, as determined pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29 of chapter 151A"

and by striking out the following 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."

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