Revision: March 27, 2014, midnight
HB 1308-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
19Feb2014… 0466h
2014 SESSION
01/08
HOUSE BILL 1308-FN
AN ACT adding a member to the advisory council on workers’ compensation.
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill adds one member to the advisory council on workers’ compensation.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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19Feb2014… 0466h
14-2444
01/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT adding a member to the advisory council on workers’ compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Workers’ Compensation; Advisory Council. Amend RSA 281-A:62, I to read as follows:
I. There is hereby established an advisory council on workers’ compensation. The advisory council shall consist of [9] 10 members: the commissioner or a designee; the insurance commissioner or a designee; one member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house; one member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate; and [5] 6 persons appointed by the governor and council, one representing the interests of management, who shall not have interests in the insurance field, one representing employees from the New?Hampshire Association for Justice, one representing the interests of labor, one representing insurance interests of commercial workers’ compensation carriers, one representing self-funded employers and one representing health care providers. The legislative members of the advisory council and the [5] 6 members appointed by the governor and council shall be familiar with the workers’ compensation laws of New Hampshire. Any person appointed by the governor and council who is not qualified or who ceases to be qualified in the capacity in which such person is serving on the advisory council shall be replaced by the governor and council. The advisory council shall discuss problems related to the administration of this chapter and shall discuss policy goals. The advisory council shall also ratify managed care programs established under RSA 281-A:23-a. The term of office of each member appointed by the governor and council shall be 3 years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner and for the unexpired terms. Each member of the advisory council shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and other necessary expenses.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
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14-2444 Amended 02/21/14
HB 1308-FN FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT adding a member to the advisory council on workers’ compensation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as amended by the House (Amendment #2014-0466h), has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2018.