Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01222 Compare Versions

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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1222
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 3867
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10		-	Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC
11		-	EMPLOYEES
	10	+	Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
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14	13		Introduced by:
15	14		(LAB)
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19	19		AN ACT CONCERNING PORTAL TO PORTAL WORKERS'
20	20		COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
21	21		EMPLOYEES.
22	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23		Assembly convened:
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25	25		Section 1. Subdivision (1) of section 31-275 of the general statutes is 1
26	26		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
27	27		1, 2025): 3
28	28		(1) "Arising out of and in the course of his employment" means an 4
29	29		accidental injury happening to an employee or an occupational disease 5
30	30		of an employee originating while the employee has been engaged in the 6
31	31		line of the employee's duty in the business or affairs of the employer 7
32	32		upon the employer's premises, or while engaged elsewhere upon the 8
33	33		employer's business or affairs by the direction, express or implied, of the 9
34	34		employer, provided: 10
35	35		(A) (i) For a police officer or firefighter, "in the course of his 11
36	36		employment" encompasses such individual's departure from such 12
37		-	individual's place of abode to duty, such individual's duty, and the 13 Raised Bill No. 1222
	37	+	individual's place of abode to duty, such individual's duty, and the 13
	38	+	return to such individual's place of abode after duty; 14
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1222
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40		-	LCO 3867 2 of 4
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42		-	return to such individual's place of abode after duty; 14
	43	+	LCO No. 3867 2 of 4
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43	45		(ii) For an employee of the Department of Correction, (I) when 15
44	46		responding to a direct order to appear at such employee's assignment 16
45	47		under circumstances in which nonessential employees are excused from 17
46	48		working, or (II) following two or more mandatory overtime work shifts 18
47	49		on consecutive days, "in the course of his employment" encompasses 19
48	50		such individual's departure from such individual's place of abode 20
49	51		directly to duty, such individual's duty, and the return directly to such 21
50	52		individual's place of abode after duty; 22
51	53		(iii) For a telecommunicator, as defined in section 28-30, (I) when a 23
52	54		telecommunicator is subject to emergency calls while off duty by the 24
53	55		terms of such telecommunicator's employment, (II) when responding to 25
54	56		a direct order to appear at such telecommunicator's work assignment 26
55	57		under circumstances in which nonessential employees are excused from 27
56	58		working, or (III) following two or more mandatory overtime work shifts 28
57	59		on consecutive days, "in the course of his employment" encompasses 29
58	60		such individual's departure from such individual's place of abode 30
59	61		directly to duty, such individual's duty, and the return directly to such 31
60	62		individual's place of abode after duty; 32
61	63		(iv) For an employee of a public works department, (I) when such 33
62	64		employee is subject to emergency calls while off duty by the terms of 34
63	65		such employee's employment, (II) when responding to a direct order to 35
64	66		appear at such employee's work assignment under circumstances in 36
65	67		which nonessential employees are excused from working, or (III) 37
66	68		following two or more mandatory overtime work shifts on consecutive 38
67	69		days, "in the course of his employment" encompasses such employee's 39
68	70		departure from such employee's place of abode directly to duty, such 40
69	71		individual's duty, and the return directly to such employee's place of 41
70	72		abode after duty. For purposes of this subparagraph "public works 42
71	73		department" means a state or municipal department responsible for the 43
72	74		construction, regulation or maintenance of all things in the nature of 44
73		-	public works and improvements; 45 Raised Bill No. 1222
	75	+	public works and improvements; 45
	76	+	[(iv)] (v) Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) of this 46
	77	+	Raised Bill No. 1222
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78		-	[(iv)] (v) Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) of this 46
	81	+	LCO No. 3867 3 of 4
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79	83		subparagraph, the dependents of any deceased employee of the 47
80	84		Department of Correction who was injured in the course of his 48
81	85		employment, as defined in this subparagraph, on or after July 1, 2000, 49
82	86		and who died not later than July 15, 2000, shall be paid compensation 50
83	87		on account of the death, in accordance with the provisions of section 31-51
84	88		306, retroactively to the date of the employee's death. The cost of the 52
85	89		payment shall be paid by the employer or its insurance carrier which 53
86	90		shall be reimbursed for such cost from the Second Injury Fund as 54
87	91		provided in section 31-354 upon presentation of any vouchers and 55
88	92		information that the Treasurer may require; 56
89	93		(B) A personal injury shall not be deemed to arise out of the 57
90	94		employment unless causally traceable to the employment other than 58
91	95		through weakened resistance or lowered vitality; 59
92	96		(C) In the case of an accidental injury, a disability or a death due to 60
93	97		the use of alcohol or narcotic drugs shall not be construed to be a 61
94	98		compensable injury; 62
95	99		(D) For aggravation of a preexisting disease, compensation shall be 63
96	100		allowed only for that proportion of the disability or death due to the 64
97	101		aggravation of the preexisting disease as may be reasonably attributed 65
98	102		to the injury upon which the claim is based; 66
99	103		(E) A personal injury shall not be deemed to arise out of the 67
100	104		employment if the injury is sustained: (i) At the employee's place of 68
101	105		abode, and (ii) while the employee is engaged in a preliminary act or 69
102	106		acts in preparation for work unless such act or acts are undertaken at 70
103	107		the express direction or request of the employer; 71
104	108		(F) For purposes of subparagraph (C) of this subdivision, "narcotic 72
105	109		drugs" means all controlled substances, as designated by the 73
106	110		Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to subsection (c) of 74
107	111		section 21a-243, but does not include drugs prescribed in the course of 75
108	112		medical treatment or in a program of research operated under the 76
109		-	direction of a physician or pharmacologist. For purposes of 77 Raised Bill No. 1222
	113	+	direction of a physician or pharmacologist. For purposes of 77
	114	+	Raised Bill No. 1222
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114	120		subparagraph (E) of this subdivision, "place of abode" includes the 78
115	121		inside of the residential structure, the garage, the common hallways, 79
116	122		stairways, driveways, walkways and the yard; 80
117	123		(G) The Workers' Compensation Commission shall adopt 81
118	124		regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to 82
119	125		implement the provisions of this section and shall define the terms "a 83
120	126		preliminary act", "acts in preparation for work", "departure from place 84
121	127		of abode directly to duty" and "return directly to place of abode after 85
122	128		duty" on or before January 1, 2006. 86
123	129		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
124	130		sections:
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126	132		Section 1 October 1, 2025 31-275(1)
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128		-	LAB Joint Favorable
	134	+	Statement of Purpose:
	135	+	To provide portal to portal workers' compensation coverage for
	136	+	employees of a public works department.
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	138	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	139	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	140	+	underlined.]
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