SB423: relative to confidentiality and workers' compensation.

CHAPTER 223

SB 423 – FINAL VERSION

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SENATE BILL 423

AN ACT relative to confidentiality and workers’ compensation.

SPONSORS: Sen. Flanders, Dist 7; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Rep. Kurk, Hills 48

COMMITTEE: Insurance

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires certain information regarding workers’ compensation cases to remain confidential.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 relative to confidentiality and workers’ compensation.

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

223:1 Records of the Department of Labor; Workers’ Compensation. Amend RSA 273:5 to read as follows:

273:5 Records.

I. The records of [said] the department of labor shall be public records open to the inspection of any person interested.

II. Notwithstanding paragraph I or any other provision of law to the contrary, the department of labor shall maintain the confidentiality of the names, addresses, and medical records of workers’ compensation claimants and the worker’s “First Report of Injury” filed with the department.

223:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: June 11, 2004)

(Effective Date: June 11, 2004)