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SB99: relative to gainful employment and partial disability in workers' compensation.

Bill status: Vetoed by Governor

Citation
2019 SB99
Official source

Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Veto Sustained
Committee
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Hearing
04/10/2019 at 11:00 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Business and labor

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SB 99-FN - FINAL VERSION

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

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

VETOED September 6, 2019

Veto Sustained September 19, 2019

LBAO

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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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