Bill S.2011

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 686        FILED ON: 1/9/2009

SENATE  .   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2011

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael W. Morrissey

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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 passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to worker's compensation as it relates to employe es who are members of the armed services or national guard .

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PETITION OF:

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01079 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to worker's compensation as it relates to employees who are members of the armed services or national guard.


 

              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

              SECTION 1.   Section 1(7A) of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the paragraph in line 159 the following:- “Any employee who served in the United States Armed Forces or National Gua rd and as a result of such service sustained an emotional or physical injury, who in the course of an arising out of this employment receives a personal injury which combines with, or is aggravated or prolonged by such disability, shall be entitled to comp ensation regardless of the extent to which the services related disability contributes.”