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GA HB1375
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/17/2022
Primary Sponsor
Beth Moore
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AI Summary
- Removes "cohabitation in a meretricious relationship" as a basis for terminating a surviving spouse's dependency status and ending workers' compensation death benefits
- Under current law, a surviving spouse loses benefits if they live continuously and openly with someone of the opposite sex in a marriage-like relationship involving sexual intercourse or shared living expenses; the bill strikes this provision entirely
- Remarriage remains the sole relationship-based ground for terminating a surviving spouse's workers' compensation dependency benefits
- Leaves unchanged the existing termination rules for dependent children (at age 18, unless physically or mentally incapable of earning a livelihood) and for spouses and partial dependents (at age 65 or after 400 weeks of benefits, whichever is greater)
- Amends Code Section 34-9-13(e) of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Legislative Description
Labor and industrial relations; workers' compensation; eliminate cohabitation as a basis upon which to terminate the dependency of a spouse
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/24/2022
Committee Referrals
Industry and Labor2/22/2022
Full Bill Text
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