HB730: (New Title) establishing a committee to study workers' compensation benefits for firefighters, rescue workers, and safety workers who contract certain communicable diseases.

CHAPTER 128

HB 730-FN-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION

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HOUSE BILL 730-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT establishing a committee to study workers’ compensation benefits for firefighters, rescue workers, and safety workers who contract certain communicable diseases.

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Katsakiores, Rock 77; Rep. Weyler, Rock 79; Rep. Wiley, Rock 77; Rep. S. L’Heureux, Merr 37; Rep. MacKay, Merr 39

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study the feasibility and cost of providing workers’ compensation benefits for firefighters, rescue workers, and safety workers who contract certain communicable diseases.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT establishing a committee to study workers’ compensation benefits for firefighters, rescue workers, and safety workers who contract certain communicable diseases.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

128:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the feasibility and cost of providing workers’ compensation benefits for firefighters, rescue workers, and safety workers who contract certain communicable diseases.

128:2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be 5 members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.

II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

128:3 Duties. The committee shall study the feasibility and cost of providing workers’ compensation benefits for firefighters, rescue workers, and safety workers who contract certain communicable diseases.

128:4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. 128:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2004.

128:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: May 19, 2004)

(Effective Date: May 19, 2004)