HB 465 - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
\t15-0363
\t01/04
HOUSE BILL\t\t465
AN ACT\trelative to workers’ compensation for domestic employees.
COMMITTEE:\tLabor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
\tThis bill clarifies the definition of domestic labor for the purpose of workers’ compensation coverage.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t15-0363
\t01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT\trelative to workers’ compensation for domestic employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Workers’ Compensation; Definitions. Amend RSA 281-A:2, V-b(a) to read as follows:
\t\tV-b.(a) “Domestic labor” or “domestic services” means the performance of such duties as housekeeping, childcare, gardening, handy person work, and serving as a companion or caregiver for children or others[ who are not physically or mentally infirm].
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.