SB 449 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
03/10/2016 0850s
11May2016... 1749h
2016 SESSION
\t16-2840
\t01/09
SENATE BILL\t449
AN ACT\t relative to weekly payment of workers' compensation benefits.
SPONSORS:\tSen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE:\tCommerce
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires weekly payment of workers' compensation benefits to be made on or before a day of the week designated in advance by the employer or the employer's insurance carrier at the onset of payment of disability.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/10/2016 0850s
11May2016... 1749h\t16-2840
\t01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\t relative to weekly payment of workers' compensation benefits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Workers' Compensation; Memorandum of Payment. Amend RSA 281-A:40 to read as follows:
\t281-A:40 Memorandum of Payment. An employer or the employer's insurance carrier shall make payment of compensation in the amount and manner provided by this chapter. Weekly payment shall be made on or before a day of the week designated in advance by the employer or the employer's insurance carrier at the onset of payment of disability. The employer shall file memoranda of [such] payments with the commissioner in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 281-A:60.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.