Revision: Jan. 22, 2018, 4:04 p.m.
HB 407-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
9Jan2018... 2453h
2017 SESSION
17-0762
01/04
HOUSE BILL 407-FN
AN ACT requiring workers' compensation to cover prophylactic treatment for exposure.
SPONSORS: Rep. White, Graf. 13; Rep. Cahill, Rock. 17
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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This bill requires workers' compensation to cover prophylactic treatment for an identified occupational exposure pursuant to RSA 141-G.
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9Jan2018... 2453h 17-0762
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT requiring workers' compensation to cover prophylactic treatment for exposure.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Workers' Compensation; Medical, Hospital, and Remedial Care. Amend RSA 281-A:23, VI to read as follows:
VI. An employer subject to this chapter, or the employer's insurance carrier, may furnish or cause to be furnished, testing for the presence of a bloodborne disease when a critical exposure that arises out of and in the course of employment occurs. Such testing shall be provided without prejudice as to the issue of the causal relationship of any subsequently diagnosed bloodborne disease to the employee's work and without prejudice to the compensability of the bloodborne disease as an occupational disease or an accidental injury for the purposes of RSA 281-A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any costs for testing associated with a testing order issued pursuant to RSA 141-G:11 shall be paid for by the employer's insurance carrier. Such payment shall be provided without prejudice as to the issue of the causal relationship of any subsequently diagnosed disease or injury. In addition, all expenses associated with evaluation and care provided pursuant to RSA 141-G including prophylactic treatment shall be paid for by the employer's insurance carrier.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
17-0762
Amended 1/22/18
HB 407-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2017-2453h)
AN ACT requiring workers' compensation to cover prophylactic treatment for exposure.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | |
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Labor indicates the bill would require carriers and self insurers to provide reimbursement of expenditures associated with evaluation and care, including preventative care, for treatment provided under RSA 141-G. The Department assumes this bill will increase workers compensation rates paid by employers by an indeterminable amount. Consequently, State, county, and local expenditures will increase by an indeterminable amount due to their role as employers and increased workers compensation related expenditures. The Department does not expect the bill would impact the staffing or operations of the Department. There would be no impact on state, county or local revenues.
The Insurance Department indicates there would be no fiscal impact to the Department. The Department anticipates a small, but indeterminable increase to workers compensation rates which could impact municipalities and the State.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Labor and Insurance Department