General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 766 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees |
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Introduced by: |
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(LAB) |
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AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYEES INJURED BETWEEN 1993 AND 2006 AND SOCIAL SECURITY OFFSETS UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) On or before October 1, 2011, the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall identify any employee who began receiving compensation for total incapacity pursuant to section 31-307 of the general statutes between July 1, 1993, and May 30, 2006, and (1) had his or her compensation for total incapacity reduced as a result of being eligible to receive old age insurance benefits pursuant to the federal Social Security Act, and (2) is still receiving such compensation. Any employee identified by the chairman, and the employee's employer or insurer shall be provided notice that the employee's compensation for total incapacity shall be recalculated and additional compensation may be awarded.
(b) On or after October 1, 2011, the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall recalculate the compensation paid to any employee identified pursuant to subsection (a) of this act to determine the employee's compensation without a reduction for old age insurance benefits.
(c) On or before January 1, 2012, the chairman, or any Workers' Compensation commissioner, shall order an adjustment of the compensation paid to any employee identified pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the amount of compensation the employee would receive without the reduction for old age insurance benefits.
(d) No employee identified pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, who is provided additional compensation for total incapacity pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, shall be eligible for additional compensation for any compensation payments received prior to January 2, 2012.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
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Statement of Purpose:
To award an increase in workers' compensation payments to individuals whose payments were offset as a result of receiving Social Security between 1993 and 2006.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]