HB 236 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 236
AN ACT relative to workers’ compensation for illegal aliens.
SPONSORS: Rep. Infantine, Hills 13
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill limits payments under workers’ compensation law to medical, hospital, and remedial payments in the case of any illegal alien injured in the course of employment.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0816
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to workers’ compensation for illegal aliens.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Medical Payments; Illegal Aliens. Amend RSA 281-A by inserting after section 23-b the following new section:
281-A:23-c An employer subject to this chapter, or the employer’s insurance carrier, shall be responsible for an illegal alien’s medical, hospital, and remedial care if the employer knew or should have known that the employee was an illegal alien and the illegal alien suffers an injury arising out of the course of employment. The illegal alien shall not be entitled to indemnity payments under this chapter.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.