Amendments for HB24-1220
House Journal, March 1
40 HB24-1220 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
41 the Committee on Appropriations with favorable
42 recommendation:
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44 Amend printed bill, page 3, line 2, strike "(7)(b)(III) and".
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46 Page 3, strike lines 4 through 9 and substitute "medical impairment
47 benefits - how determined. (8) Medical impairment benefits -
48 determination of MMI for".
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50 Page 3, strike lines 21 through 27.
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52 Page 4, strike lines 1 through 3 and substitute "permanent partial
53 disability payments. (1) A claimant whose impairment rating is nineteen
54 percent or less may not receive more than seventy-five ONE HUNDRED
55 EIGHTY-FIVE thousand dollars from combined temporary disability
1 payments and permanent partial disability payments. A claimant whose
2 impairment rating is greater than nineteen percent may not receive more
3 than one THREE hundred fifty thousand dollars from combined temporary
4 disability payments and permanent partial disability payments.
5 (2) For the purposes of this section, any mental impairment rating
6 shall be combined with the physical impairment rating to establish a
7 claimant's impairment rating for determining the applicable cap. For".
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9 Page 4, line 5, strike "these limits THE LIMIT" and substitute "these limits".
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11 Page 4, strike lines 22 through 27.
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13 Page 5, strike line 1.
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15 Renumber succeeding section accordingly.
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17 Page 5, strike lines 12 through 14 and substitute:
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19 "(2) Section".
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21 Page 5, line 16, strike "take" and substitute "takes".
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23 Page 5, strike lines 17 through 20 and substitute:
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25 "(3) (a) Sections 1 and 4 of this act apply to claims in existence on
26 or after the effective date of this act.
27 (b) Section 2 of this act applies to claims arising on or after the
28 effective date of this act.
29 (c) Section 3 of this act applies to claims arising on or after
30 January 1, 2025.".
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32 Page 1, strike lines 106 through 109 and substitute "BENEFITS,
33 INCREASING THE TWO AGGREGATE LIMITS ON TEMPORARY AND
34 PERMANENT INJURY BENEFITS AND REQUIRING THE DIRECTOR OF THE
35 DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION TO ADJUST THE LIMITS
36 ANNUALLY, AND REQUIRING A WORKERS'".
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