AK HB38

Increases maximum compensation for permanent partial impairment from $177,000 to $255,506, with annual adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index for Anchorage

Requires employers to notify the personal representative of an employee's estate of available death benefits, statute of limitations, and resources for legal and grief counseling within a prescribed timeframe

Increases aggregate death benefits for dependent relatives (when no surviving spouse or children exist) from $20,000 to $100,000 at 42 percent of spendable weekly wages

Establishes new lump sum death benefit amounts ($35,000-$70,000) for non-dependent parents and $70,000 to the estate when an employee has no surviving spouse, children, or dependent relatives

Limits death benefits for children (without surviving spouse) to terminate five years after the child reaches the age threshold specified in AS 23.30.395(8)