Revision: Jan. 20, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tSB 409-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2890
\t01/03
SENATE BILL\t409-FN
AN ACT\trelative to the first responder's critical injury benefit.
SPONSORS:\tSen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. D. Sullivan, Hills. 42; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE:\tCommerce
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill repeals the prospective repeal of the first responder's critical injury benefit.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2890
\t01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to the first responder's critical injury benefit.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 First Responder's Critical Injury Benefit. Amend RSA 281-A:32-a, II to read as follows:
\t\tII. Payments awarded under this section shall be subject to all other provisions of RSA 281-A. Total compensation payments for all additional compensation claims paid under this section shall not exceed $125,000 per claimant. [No payments shall be made after July 1, 2016.] Benefits paid under this section for all claimants shall not exceed $500,000.
\t 2 Repeal. 2014, 242:2, I, relative to the prospective repeal of the first responder's critical injury benefit, is repealed.
\t3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRevised 12/11/15
SB 409-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT\trelative to the first responder's critical injury benefit.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Labor states this bill, as introduced, will have an indeterminable fiscal impact on state general fund expenditures in FY 2017 and each year thereafter. There will be no impact on state, county or local revenue or on county or local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states there would be no fiscal impact to the Department since the payments of the first responders critical injury benefit do not come from the Workers Compensation Division, but are drawn from the State general fund. RSA 281-A:32-a, II currently limits the total amount to be paid to all claimants to $500,000, with each claimant limited to a maximum of $125,000.