122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1329 LR 0905(01)
An Act To Require the Workers' Compensation Board To Use the 5th Edition "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment" in Assessing Workers' Compensation Injuries Involving the Spinal Column
Fiscal Note for Original Bill
Sponsor: Sen. Nutting of Androscoggin
Committee: Labor
Fiscal Note Required: No
   
             
Fiscal Note
Minor cost increase - All Funds
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Additional costs to the State, as an employer, associated with the 5th edition of the American Medical Association's "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment" being used to assess impairment related to spinal column injuries can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.