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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3337 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3994 |
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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 | | Rita A. Mendes |
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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 insurance settlements. |
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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:Rita A. Mendes11th Plymouth1/17/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3337 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3994 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Mendes of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3994) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Rita A. Mendes relative to worker related insurance settlements. Labor and Workforce |
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| 20 | 20 | | 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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to insurance settlements. |
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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 Paragraph (1) of section 48 of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3sentences:- The employer shall be notified in writing of such payment by the insurer by way of a |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4lump sum agreement and shall have 30 days to consent in writing or object in writing to the lump |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5sum agreement. After the passage of 30 days, if the employer does not object or consent in |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6writing to the proposed lump sum agreement, then the employer’s consent is not required. In this |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7event the insurer shall file an affidavit, to be attached to the lump sum agreement papers as an |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8exhibit that states: (i) the employer has been notified of the proposed lump sum agreement; (ii) |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9no written objection has been received by the employer; and (iii) 30 days has passed from the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10date of mailing of the notice to the employer. |
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