Sec. 1. 39-A MRSA §213, as amended by PL 1999, c. 404, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 39-A MRSA §213-A is enacted to read:

§213-A.__Compensation for partial incapacity

While the incapacity for work is partial, the employer shall pay the injured employee a weekly compensation equal to 80% of the difference between the injured employee's after-tax average weekly wage before the personal injury and the after-tax average weekly wage that the injured employee is able to earn after the injury, but not more than the maximum benefit under section 211.__ Compensation must be paid for the duration of the disability.

Sec. 3. Revisor's review; cross-references. The Revisor of Statutes shall review the Maine Revised Statutes and include in the errors and inconsistencies bill submitted to the Second Regular Session of the 120th Legislature pursuant to Title 1, section 94, any sections necessary to correct and update any cross-references in the statutes to provisions of law repealed in this Act.

SUMMARY

This bill provides for the continuous coverage of disability benefits to a worker suffering from the disabling effects of an injury.