Revision: Nov. 20, 2023, 8:53 a.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2828.0
10/05
SENATE BILL [bill number]
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that emergency response/public safety workers denied workers' compensation claims related to any claim of injury to which a prima facie presumption applies shall maintain their health insurance benefit until a final determination is made.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2828.0
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Workers' Compensation; Emergency Responders; Health Insurance. Amend RSA 281-A by inserting after section 17-e the following new section:
281-A:17-f Emergency Response/Public Safety Worker; Insurance Coverage. If an emergency response/public safety worker, as defined in RSA 281-A:2, V-c, petitions for hearing in response to a memorandum of denial filed under RSA 281-A:42, I(b) related to any claim of injury to which a prima facie presumption under RSA 281-A:17-c applies:
I. The employer or its insurance provider shall maintain any health insurance benefit at the value of a single employee insurance premium until such time that the commissioner makes a final determination, including any appeal.
II. Once claimed, the period for which this benefit is payable shall not exceed 18 months.
III. The employee shall be eligible for this benefit starting at the beginning of his or her employment and for a period of 20 years from the effective date of separation from service.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.