Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tSB 449 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2840
\t01/09
SENATE BILL\t449
AN ACT\trelative to payment of workers' compensation benefits by direct deposit.
SPONSORS:\tSen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE:\tCommerce
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill authorizes payment of compensation under the workers' compensation law to be made to the injured worker by direct deposit.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2840
\t01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to payment of workers' compensation benefits by direct deposit.
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. Payment shall be made by direct deposit if the injured worker elects this payment method. The employer or the employer's insurance carrier shall notify the injured worker in writing of his or her right to payment by direct deposit. If no election is made, payment shall be made by paper check mailed to the injured worker. 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.