Senate Bill No. 388–Senator Amodei

 

March 17, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Provides for increase in compensation paid for permanent total disability. (BDR 53‑794)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                           Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; providing for an increase in the compensation paid for a permanent total disability to adjust for past increases in the average monthly wage; providing for an annual increase in the compensation paid for a permanent total disability to adjust for future increases in the average monthly wage on an ongoing basis; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. Chapter 616C of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

1-3  Sec. 2.  1.  Any claimant or dependent of a claimant who, on

1-4  July 1, 2003, is receiving compensation pursuant to chapters 616A

1-5  to 616D, inclusive, of NRS for a permanent total disability is

1-6  entitled, for payments made on and after July 1, 2003, to an

1-7  increase in that compensation by a percentage that is equal to the

1-8  percentage that the average monthly wage increased over the

1-9  period from the date of the claimant’s disabling accident or

1-10  disease to July 1, 2003.

1-11      2.  A claimant or dependent of a claimant is entitled to be paid

1-12  the increase provided by this section on a prospective basis only

1-13  and is not entitled to be paid any additional compensation based

2-1  on payments made to the claimant or dependent of the claimant

2-2  before July 1, 2003.

2-3  Sec. 3.  1.  Beginning on July 1, 2004, and on July 1 of each

2-4  year thereafter, any claimant or dependent of a claimant who is

2-5  receiving compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D,

2-6  inclusive, of NRS for a permanent total disability is entitled to an

2-7  annual increase in that compensation by a percentage that is

2-8  equal to the percentage that the average monthly wage increases

2-9  on an annual basis.

2-10      2.  A claimant or dependent of a claimant is entitled to be paid

2-11  the increase provided by this section on a prospective basis only

2-12  and is not entitled to be paid any additional compensation based

2-13  on payments made to the claimant or dependent of the claimant

2-14  before the effective date of the increase.

2-15      Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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