General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6878
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3754
*03754_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6878
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 3754
*03754_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION LIABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SERVICES FROM PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 17b-706b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
(a) Personal care attendants shall not be considered state employees, except for purposes of chapter 568, and shall be exempt from any and all provisions of the general statutes creating rights, obligations, privileges or immunities to state employees as a result of or incident to their state service other than those provided under said chapter.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any personal care attendant, as defined in section 17b-706 of the general statutes, shall be deemed a state employee for purposes of chapter 568 of the general statutes.
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) The Commissioners of Developmental Services and Social Services shall collaborate with the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission to provide workers' compensation benefits for personal care attendants, as defined in section 17b-706 of the general statutes. The cost for the provision of such benefits shall be a separate appropriation of the General Assembly and shall not reduce services or affect consumers served by such personal care attendants.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 17b-706b(a)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2015 New section
Sec. 3 October 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
17b-706b(a)
Sec. 2
October 1, 2015
New section
Sec. 3
October 1, 2015
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To shift workers' compensation liability for personal care attendants from the consumer to the state by considering such personal care attendants to be state employees for the purposes of chapter 568 of the general statutes.
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