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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 89 FILED ON: 1/9/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1896 |
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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 | | Christopher Hendricks |
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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 to modify weekly workers' compensation disability benefits. |
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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:Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol1/5/2023Peter Capano11th Essex1/26/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/26/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/30/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 89 FILED ON: 1/9/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1896 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Hendricks of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1896) of Christopher Hendricks and others for legislation to modify weekly workers' |
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| 20 | 20 | | compensation disability benefits. Labor and Workforce Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1992 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to modify weekly workers' compensation disability benefits. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 34 of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the word “sixty” and inserting in |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3place thereof the following figure:- 66. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 34A of said chapter 152, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5striking out, in lines 4 and 5, the word “two-thirds” and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6words:- 70 percent. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 SECTION 3. Section 35 of said chapter 152, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8striking out, in line 14, the words “two hundred sixty” and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9following figure:- 520. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 SECTION 4. Said section 35 of said chapter 152, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11amended by striking out, in line 15 and lines 29 and 30, the words “five hundred twenty” and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 780. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 SECTION 5. Said section 35 of said chapter 152, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14amended by striking out, in line 32, the words “three hundred sixty-four” and inserting in place |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15thereof the following figure:- 520. |
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