Connecticut HB 5003: AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTATE TAX EXEMPTION THRESHOLD AND THE GIFT TAX CAP.

Bill Text

Substitute House Bill No. 5003

Public Act No. 26-12

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 31-307 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(a) If any injury for which compensation is provided under the
provisions of this chapter results in total incapacity to work, the injured
employee shall be paid a weekly compensation equal to seventy-five per
cent of the injured employee's average weekly earnings as of the date of
the injury, calculated pursuant to section 31-310, after such earnings
have been reduced by any deduction for federal or state taxes, or both,
and for the federal Insurance Contributions Act made from such
employee's total wages received during the period of calculation of the
employee's average weekly wage pursuant to section 31-310; but the
compensation shall not be more than the maximum weekly benefit rate
set forth in section 31-309 for the year in which the injury occurred. No
employee entitled to compensation under this section shall receive less
than twenty per cent of the maximum weekly compensation rate, as
provided in section 31-309, provided the minimum payment shall not
exceed seventy-five per cent of the employee's average weekly wage, as
determined under section 31-310, and the compensation shall not

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continue longer than the period of total incapacity.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section,
any employee who suffers any injury or illness caused by the employer's
violation of any health or safety regulation adopted pursuant to chapter
571 or adopted by the federal Occupational Safety and Health
Administration and listed in 29 CFR, Chapter XVII, after the violation
has been cited in accordance with the provisions of section 31-375 or the
provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 84 Stat.
1601 (1970), 29 USC 658 and not abated within the time fixed by the
citation, provided the citation has not been set aside by appeal to the
appropriate agency or court having jurisdiction, shall receive a weekly
compensation equal to one hundred per cent of the employee's average
weekly earnings at the time of the injury or illness.
(c) The following injuries of any person shall be considered as causing
total incapacity and compensation shall be paid accordingly: (1) Total
and permanent loss of sight of both eyes, or the reduction to one-tenth
or less of normal vision; (2) the loss of both feet at or above the ankle; (3)
the loss of both hands at or above the wrist; (4) the loss of one foot at or
above the ankle and one hand at or above the wrist; (5) any injury
resulting in permanent and complete paralysis of the legs or arms or of
one leg and one arm; (6) any injury resulting in incurable imbecility or
mental illness.
(d) An employee who has suffered the loss or loss of the use of one of
the members of the body, or part of one of the members of the body, or
the reduction of vision in one eye to one-tenth or less of normal vision,
shall not receive compensation for the later injury in excess of the
compensation allowed for the injury when considered by itself and not
in conjunction with the previous incapacity except as provided in this
chapter.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 31-308 and subsection

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(a) of this section, if any injury for which compensation is provided
under the provisions of this chapter results in total or partial incapacity
to work as a result of any physical or negligent assault upon a health
care provider or other employee of a health care facility or institution
while such health care provider or other employee was acting in the
discharge of such health care provider's or other employee's duties
within the scope of such health care provider's or other employee's
employment or under the direction of such health care provider's or
other employee's employer, the injured health care provider or other
employee shall be paid a weekly compensation equal to one hundred
per cent of the injured health care provider's or other employee's
average weekly earnings as of the date of the injury, calculated pursuant
to section 31-310, provided the provisions of section 31-309 shall not
apply to such weekly compensation. Such weekly compensation shall
additionally include payment for any (1) expenses reasonably incurred
by such health care provider or other employee for medical or other
services necessary as a result of such assault, or (2) lost wages due to an
absence due to a court appearance in connection with such assault. Any
health care provider or other employee absent from employment as a
result of injury sustained during an assault or for a court appearance in
connection with such