SB 203-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/12/2015 0705s
2015 SESSION
15-0910
01/05
SENATE BILL 203-FN
AN ACT relative to review of eligibility for workers’ compensation.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows the commissioner of labor to review eligibility for workers’ compensation not later than the fourth anniversary of the last date of medical treatment for an injury.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/12/2015 0705s
15-0910
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to review of eligibility for workers’ compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Workers’ Compensation; Review of Eligibility. Amend RSA 281-A:48, I to read as follows:
I. Any party at interest with regard to an injury occurring after July 1, 1965, may petition the commissioner pursuant to RSA 281-A:42-d to review a denial or an award of compensation made pursuant to RSA 281-A:40 by filing a petition with the commissioner not later than the fourth anniversary of the [date of such denial or the last payment of compensation under such award or pursuant to RSA 281-A:40, as the case may be] last date of medical treatment for that injury, upon the ground of a change in conditions, mistake as to the nature or extent of the injury or disability, fraud, undue influence, or coercion. This section shall not apply to requests for extensions of medical and hospital benefits, or other remedial care, which shall be governed solely by those sections of this chapter relating thereto. This section shall not apply to lump sum agreements, except upon the grounds of fraud, undue influence, or coercion.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
LBAO
15-0910
Amended 03/30/15
SB 203-FN FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to review of eligibility for workers’ compensation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Labor states this bill, as amended by the Senate (Amendment #2015-0705s), may increase state, county and local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2016 and each year thereafter. There is no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Labor states this bill modifies the basis of the four-year time restriction for reviewing an injury to determine eligibility for workers’ compensation from the date of denial or last payment of compensation to the last date of medical treatment. The Department is not able to determine the increase, if any, on state, county and local expenditures as it does not have information on how many injured workers may benefit as a result of the bill’s passage.