Revision: April 19, 2018, 11:20 a.m.
SB 84 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
01/03/2018 2552s
19Apr2018... 1279h
2017 SESSION
17-0850
01/03
SENATE BILL 84
AN ACT relative to payment of workers' compensation benefits by direct deposit.
SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Rep. Goley, Hills. 8; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 44; Rep. DiSilvestro, Hills. 9
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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This 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: 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/03/2018 2552s
19Apr2018... 1279h 17-0850
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to payment of workers' compensation benefits by direct deposit.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Workers' Compensation; Memorandum of Payment. Amend RSA 281-A:40 to read as follows:
281-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 6 weeks from the date of disability 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.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.