Revision: May 14, 2019, 1:43 p.m.
SB 99-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
2May2019... 1517h
2019 SESSION
19-0963
01/05
SENATE BILL 99-FN
AN ACT relative to gainful employment and partial disability in workers' compensation.
SPONSORS: Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Rep. Merner, Coos 7; Rep. Soucy, Merr. 16; Rep. Goley, Hills. 8
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies the definition of gainful employment for purposes of workers' compensation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
2May2019... 1517h 19-0963
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to gainful employment and partial disability in workers' compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Workers' Compensation; Definitions. Amend RSA 281-A:2, X-a to read as follows:
X-a. "Gainful employment" means employment which reasonably conforms with the employee's age, education, training, temperament and mental and physical capacity to adapt to other forms of similarly remunerative labor than that to which the employee was accustomed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
19-0963
Amended 5/10/19
SB 99-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2019-1517h)
AN ACT relative to gainful employment and partial disability in workers' compensation.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | |
Funding Source: | [ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Multiple (See Methodology) | ||||
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | |
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | |
METHODOLOGY:
For the purpose of workers' compensation, this bill clarifies the definition of gainful employment. The Department of Labor estimates this bill may increase workers' compensation premiums and payment expenditures for state, county, and local governments. However, the Department estimates the increase will be by an indeterminable amount. Any increased expenditures under this bill would impact all funds used to pay for workers' compensation premiums or payments.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Labor