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MA H2138

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Sally Kerans

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Amends Chapter 152, Section 33 of Massachusetts General Laws governing workers' compensation death benefits
  • Increases the maximum reimbursement for burial/funeral expenses from 8 times the average weekly wage to either $25,000 or 10 times the average weekly wage, whichever is greater
  • Expands covered expenses to explicitly include funeral visitation services, interment space purchase, interment services, flowers, casket, death notices, and headstones
  • Renames covered costs from "reasonable expenses of burial" to "reimbursable final disposition expenses" associated with unplanned death

Legislative Description

To ensure adequate coverage of funeral expenses in cases of work-related death

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1/29/2026

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means1/29/2026
Labor and Workforce Development2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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