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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3724 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2105
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sean Garballey and Christopher Hendricks
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act creating fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/17/2025Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol1/17/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3724 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2105
By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Hendricks of New Bedford, a petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2105) of Sean Garballey and Christopher Hendricks relative to
workers' compensation disfigurement benefits. Labor and Workforce Development.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act creating fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Subsection (k) of section 36 of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the following words "fifteen thousand
3dollars" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- "not to exceed a sum equal to the
4average wage in the commonwealth on the date of the injury multiplied by thirty, as determined
5pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29 of chapter 151A"
6 and by striking out the following words:- “No amount shall be payable under this section
7for disfigurement that is purely scar-based, unless such disfigurement is on the face, neck, or
8hands."