|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
130th MAINE LEGISLATURE |
|
|
LD 1430 |
|
LR 574(02) |
|
|
|
An Act Regarding
the Waiting Period for Compensation for Incapacity To Work under the Maine
Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 |
|
Fiscal Note for
Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " " |
|
Committee: Labor and Housing |
|
Fiscal Note Required: Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Note |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Potential current biennium cost increase - Worker's Compensation
Management Fund
Potential future biennium cost increase - All Funds
Potential current biennium cost increase - local units of government |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Detail
and Notes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Under current
worker's compensation law, with the exception of firefighters, employees that
are temporarily incapacitated are not compensated for the first 7 days of
incapacity. However, if the incapacity
extends for 14 days or more, the employee is entitled to compensation dating
back to the date of the incapacity. |
|
Providing that
certain employees of the State whose place of employment is a correctional
facility or a state mental health institute receive compensation from the
initial date of their incapacity may result in increased worker's
compensation costs to the Worker's Compensation Management Fund within the
Department of Administrative and Financial Services beginning in fiscal year
2021-22. The impact to the fund will
depend on actual experience. |
|
This provision
may also increase costs to the Department of Corrections, the Riverview
Psychiatric Center and the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center from increased
worker's compensation premiums. The
State, as a self-insured entity, charges each state agency a premium rate
that is built into the cost associated with each position with an
agency. That rate is based on the
actual claims experience of each agency and is averaged over a three-year
period. The future impact to the
premium rate to these 3 state agencies will be based on actual experience. |
|
Including certain
employees of a county or municipality whose place of employment is a county
or municipal detention facility under this provision will increase worker's
compensation costs to these local units of government. Again, the impact will depend on actual
experience. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|