Revision: Jan. 31, 2011, midnight
HB 499-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
01/03
HOUSE BILL 499-FN
AN ACT relative to the employer’s lien on damages and benefits recovered from third persons by employees who have received workers’ compensation.
SPONSORS: Rep. G. Richardson, Merr 4
This bill clarifies the division of damages and benefits recovered from third persons by employees who have received workers’ compensation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0752
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to the employer’s lien on damages and benefits recovered from third persons by employees who have received workers’ compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Workers’ Compensation; Liability of Third Person. Amend RSA 281-A:13, IV to read as follows:
IV. Whenever there is a recovery against a third person under paragraph I, II, or III, the commissioner, the arbitrator, or the superior court, as the case may be, shall order such division of the recovery, and expenses and costs of action, including attorneys’ fees, between the employer or the employer’s insurance carrier and the employee as justice may require.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
11-0752
01/19/11
HB 499-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the employer’s lien on damagers and benefits recovered from third persons by employees who have received workers’ compensation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from the Department of Labor. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.