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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3304 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1876 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Michael J. Finn |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to acts of violence. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michael J. Finn6th Hampden1/20/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3304 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1876 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Finn of West Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1876) |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Michael J. Finn relative to compensation to persons injured by acts of violence of patients, |
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| 20 | 20 | | prisoners, or courtroom violence. Labor and Workforce Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to acts of violence. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1: Section 58 of Chapter 30 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the fourth paragraph and inserting in place |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3thereof the following: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an employee who, while in the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5performance of duty, receives bodily injuries resulting from acts of violence of patients or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6prisoners in the employee's custody or, in the case of a court officer, receives bodily injuries |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7resulting from acts of violence in the courtroom or public areas, holding areas and other |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8designated areas of the courthouse or from subduing or apprehending escaping prisoners or, in |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9the case of a correctional employee, receives bodily injury as a result of acts of violence either in |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10the performance of normal duty or while performing assigned duty outside of a correctional |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11facility and who as a result of such injury would be entitled to benefits under said chapter one |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12hundred and fifty-two, shall be paid the difference between the weekly cash benefits to which he 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13would be entitled under said chapter one hundred and fifty-two and his regular salary, without |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14such absence being charged against available sick leave credits, even if such absence may be for |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15less than eight calendar days' duration. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16 SECTION 2: Chapter 152 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17adding the following section: |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18 SECTION 86: Correctional employees receiving bodily injuries resulting from acts of |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19violence either in performance of normal duty or while performing assigned duty outside of a |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20correctional facility shall be presumed eligible for benefits under chapter 152. |
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