Bill Text: NH SB449 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to weekly payment of workers' compensation benefits.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-19 - Sen. Prescott Moved Nonconcur with House Amendment 1749h, New Title, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/19/2016; Senate Journal 18 [SB449 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB449-Introduced.html

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SB 449  - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

16-2840

01/09

 

SENATE BILL 449

 

AN ACT relative to payment of workers' compensation benefits by direct deposit.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 44

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill authorizes payment of compensation under the workers' compensation law to be made to the injured worker by direct deposit.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2840

01/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to payment of workers' compensation benefits by direct deposit.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Workers' Compensation; Memorandum of Payment.  Amend RSA 281-A:40 to read as follows:

281-A:40  Memorandum of Payment.  An employer or the employer's insurance carrier shall make payment of compensation in the amount and manner provided by this chapter.  Payment shall be made by direct deposit if the injured worker elects this payment method.  The employer or the employer's insurance carrier shall notify the injured worker in writing of his or her right to payment by direct deposit.  If no election is made, payment shall be made by paper check mailed to the injured worker.  The employer shall file memoranda of [such] payments with the commissioner in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 281-A:60.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.