General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5875
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4720
*04720HB05875LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5875
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4720
*04720HB05875LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CLARIFYING THE MECHANISM BY WHICH WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS ARE PAID UPON AN EMPLOYEE'S DEATH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 31-308 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
(d) Any award or agreement for compensation made pursuant to this section shall be paid to the employee, or in the event of the employee's death, whether or not a formal award has been made prior to the death, to [his] the employee's surviving spouse or, if [he] the employee has no surviving spouse, to [his] the employee's dependents in equal shares or, if [he] the employee has no surviving spouse or dependents, to [his] the employee's children, in equal shares, regardless of their age or, if the employee has no surviving spouse or dependents or children, to the employee's estate.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 31-308(d)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
31-308(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To clarify and update the payment of workers' compensation benefits upon the death of an employee.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.
H.B. 5875