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127th MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 81 |
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LR 301(01) |
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An Act To Amend
the Workers' Compensation Laws as They Pertain to Employee Representation |
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Preliminary
Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill |
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Sponsor: Sen. Patrick of Oxford |
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Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and
Economic Development |
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes |
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| Preliminary
Fiscal Impact Statement |
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| Potential current biennium cost increase - All Funds |
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| Fiscal Detail
and Notes |
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This legislation
expands the definition of "duress" under the Workers' Compensation
Act of 1992 that determines under what circumstances certain statements made
by an injured employee may not be admitted into evidence in workers'
compensation proceedings to include the injured employee's answers to
questions from an employer or an employer representative when the injured
employee has been denied a request to have a representative of the employee's
choice present. |
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The Office of
Workers' Compensation within the Bureau of Human Resources, Department of
Administrative and Financial Services, indicates that this legislation may
result in additional costs to the State's Workers' Compensation Management
Fund Program if the provision in this legislation results in situations
where, in order to comply with the injured employee's request, the process of
coordinating schedules results in a delay in the injured employee
receiving medical treatment resulting
in an increase in the amount of time that the injured employee remains out of
work. |
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