Revision: Jan. 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
HB 282-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0585
06/05
HOUSE BILL 282-FN
AN ACT increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty.
SPONSORS: Rep. Trottier, Belk. 8; Rep. Bordes, Belk. 5; Rep. Doucette, Rock. 25; Rep. S. Pearson, Rock. 13; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15; Rep. Soucy, Merr. 21; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill increases the maximum total compensation paid to all claimants for first responder's critical injury benefits from $500,000 to $1,000,000 per biennium.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0585
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Workers' Compensation; 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. Benefits paid under this section for all claimants shall not exceed [$500,000] $1,000,000 per biennium.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
25-0585
12/27/24
HB 282-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty.
FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding.
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Estimated State Impact | ||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | None | |||||
Expenditures* | $0 | Indeterminable Increase $0 to $500,000 | Indeterminable Increase $0 to $500,000 | |||
Funding Source(s) | General Fund | |||||
Appropriations* | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | None | |||||
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill | ||||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill increases the maximum total compensation paid to all claimants for first responders critical injury benefits from $500,000 to $1,000,000 per biennium. The Department of Labor states increasing the maximum compensation paid could result in a maximum increase of $500,000 over a biennium from General Funds. The Department states the highest payout from the program was $350,000 for the 2022 to 2023 biennium.
It is assumed the fiscal impact will not occur until FY 2026.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Labor