New Hampshire HB 385: relative to workers' compensation for heart and lung disease in firefighters.

Status: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2021; Chapter 83; Eff: 08/17/2021 (as of 2021-06-21)

State: New Hampshire · Session: 2021 · Bill: HB 385

Sponsors: Mark A. Pearson, Fred G. Doucette, Jeffrey P. Goley, Kevin M. Pratt, Michael B. O'Brien, Stephen C. Pearson, Steve J. Shurtleff, Timothy A. Soucy, Tom E. Lanzara

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 Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34
February 10, 2021
2021-0307h
10/08


Amendment to HB 385-FN

Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:

	1 Workers' Compensation; Firefighter and Heart, Lung, or Cancer Disease; Presumption. Amend RSA 281-A:17, I(c) to read as follows:
			(c) The benefits of RSA 281-A:17, I shall not continue in effect beyond one month after a call, volunteer or permanent firefighter reaches his or her [sixty-fifth] seventieth birthday.
	2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
	This bill extends to age 70 the benefits from the presumption that heart or lung disease is occupationally related for firefighters.

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