Revision: May 4, 2017, 2:51 p.m.
SB 190-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
03/16/2017 0781s
2017 SESSION
17-0857
01/03
SENATE BILL 190-FN
AN ACT repealing the sunset provision on the first responder's critical injury benefit fund.
SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. White, Graf. 13; Rep. Doucette, Rock. 8
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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This bill repeals the prospective repeal of the first responder's critical injury benefit.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/16/2017 0781s 17-0857
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT repealing the sunset provision on the first responder's critical injury benefit fund.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 First Responder's Critical Injury Benefit. Amend RSA 281-A:32-a, II to read as follows:
II. 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, 2018.] Benefits paid under this section for all claimants shall not exceed $500,000 per biennium.
2 Repeal. 2014, 242:2, I, relative to the prospective repeal of the first responder's critical injury benefit, is repealed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
17-0857
Amended 3/17/17
SB 190-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2017-0781s)
AN ACT repealing the sunset provision on the first responder's critical injury benefit fund.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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| Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2018 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 |
Appropriation | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill repeals the prospective repeal of June 30, 2018 of the first responder's critical injury benefit and provides for the benefit to continue in perpetuity. The repeal of the repeal also maintains the appropriation language allowing the governor to draw a warrant from funds not otherwise appropriated to pay any claims made. The bill will limit the benefits paid for all claimants to not exceed $500,000 in a biennium, with a total benefit per claimant not to exceed $125,000. To date, the State has made two payments to claimants: $125,000 in FY 2015 and $125,000 in FY 2016.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Labor