Amend the bill by striking out all of section 7 and inserting the following:

SUMMARY

This amendment makes changes to the provisions in the bill regarding long-term partial incapacity for employees whose date of injury is on or after January 1, 2013. This amendment removes language limiting benefits to situations in which the whole person permanent impairment resulting from the injury is in excess of 25%. In addition, the bill provides that if the employee's earnings are 50% or less than the preinjury average weekly wage, the employer shall pay compensation; this amendment changes the percentage to 70% or less. This amendment removes language requiring the employee's actual earnings to be commensurate with the employee’s earning capacity and requiring the employee to have earnings from employment for a period not less than 24 months prior to the expiration of the 520-week durational limit. Finally, this amendment provides that an order authorizing these benefits is not subject to review sooner than 2 years from the issuance of the order.