OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-6478
AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Primary Analyst: LD 4/14/21
Contributing Analyst(s):
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Various State Agencies GF - Potential
Cost
See Below See Below
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Various Municipalities STATE
MANDATE
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- Potential
Cost
See Below See Below
Explanation
The bill establishes a $20,000 workers' compensation benefit for
burial expenses and increases the current standard benefit from $4,000
to $20,000 once the bill passes, increases the limit on partial permanent
disability (PPD) benefits to the lesser of (1) five times the duration of
the claimant's PPD benefits or (2) 780 weeks, and includes a rebuttable
presumption provision related to COVID-19. This results in a potential
cost to various state agencies and municipalities to the extent that an
employee contracts COVID-19 and meets the other conditions of the
bill.
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State mandate is defined in Sec. 2-32b(2) of the Connecticut General Statutes, "state
mandate" means any state initiated constitutional, statutory or executive action that
requires a local government to establish, expand or modify its activities in such a
way as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues. 2021HB-06478-R000472-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
The bill also makes technical and conforming changes that have no
fiscal impact.
The Out Years
Beginning January 1, 2022, the standard benefit for burial expenses
will be annually adjusted by the previous calendar year’s percentage
increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers in the Northeast.