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AK HB114
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/18/2015
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Josephson
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AI Summary
- Increases permanent partial impairment compensation from $177,000 to $255,854, multiplied by the employee's percentage of permanent impairment.
- Requires employers to notify the personal representative of a deceased employee's estate about available death benefits, statute of limitations, and resources for legal counsel and grief counselors.
- Expands death benefits for employees without surviving spouses or children to 50 percent of the permanent partial impairment amount (indexed annually to Consumer Price Index), payable as a lump sum to the estate.
- Clarifies death benefit calculations for dependent relatives when there is no widow, widower, or child, capping benefits at the amount payable under permanent partial impairment without multiplier.
- Death benefits for surviving children without a surviving spouse terminate five years after the child is no longer considered a dependent under Alaska law.
Legislative Description
Workers' Compensation: Death Benefits
Death
Last Action
REFERRED TO LABOR & COMMERCE
2/18/2015
Committee Referrals
Labor & Commerce2/18/2015
Full Bill Text
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