Revision: March 4, 2010, midnight
SB 513 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
04/03
SENATE BILL 513
AN ACT relative to incarcerated persons receiving workers’ compensation.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11; Rep. Daniels, Hills 6
COMMITTEE: Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection
This bill permits an incarcerated person to receive workers’ compensation provided the payments are made to the incarcerated person’s spouse or dependent children and that the incarcerated person’s regular medical examinations confirm that the condition causing the disability still exists.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2952
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to incarcerated persons receiving workers’ compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Workers’ Compensation; Incarceration of Certain Persons. Amend RSA 281-A:3-a to read as follows:
281-A:3-a Incarceration of Certain Persons. [Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,] An employee who has become incarcerated pursuant to a conviction [shall forfeit any right to] may receive workers’ compensation indemnity benefits [30 days after incarceration for the remaining period of incarceration], provided such payments shall be made to the incarcerated person’s spouse or dependent children and that the incarcerated person’s regular medical examinations confirm that the condition causing the disability still exists.
2 Applicability. Section 1 of this act shall apply to any person who is incarcerated as of the effective date of this act or thereafter. Section 1 of this act shall not be construed to require retroactive payment of benefits for any period of the incarceration preceding the effective date of this act.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.