| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 39-A MRSA §212, sub-§§2-A and 4 are enacted to read: |
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| | 2-A.__Total incapacity lump sum benefit.__For injuries | occurring on or after January 1, 1993, when there is a | presumption of total incapacity under subsection 2, the employee | is entitled to a lump sum payment equal to 800 times 80% of the | employee's after-tax average weekly wage subject to the maximum | benefit under section 211, in addition to the 800 weeks of | benefits required by subsection 2.__This lump sum payment must be | made within 120 days of a doctor's certification that the body | part was amputated. |
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| | 4.__Specific loss lump sum benefit.__For injuries occurring on | or after January 1, 1993, when there is an actual loss of a body | part specified in subsection 3, the employee is entitled to a | lump sum payment equal to the number of weeks specified in | subsection 3 times 80% of the employee's after-tax average weekly | wage,__up to the maximum benefit under section 211, in addition | to the weeks of specific loss benefit required by subsection 3.__ | This lump sum payment must be made within 120 days of a doctor's | certification that the body part was amputated. |
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| | Sec. 2. Retroactivity. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, | Title 1, section 302, this Act applies retroactively to all | injuries occurring on or after January 1, 1993. |
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| | This bill amends the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 | to provide a lump sum benefit in addition to the current weekly | benefit when the employee's injury is an amputation of a body | part. The amount of the lump sum benefit is equal to the amount | of the weekly benefit times the period of presumed incapacity. |
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