130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 575 LR 575(05)
An Act To Establish a Conditional Presumption of Compensability for Certain Employees in Cases of Impairment from Hypertension or Heart Disease
Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with:
C "A" (S-73)
S "A" (S-598)
Committee: Labor and Housing
             
Fiscal Note
Potential current biennium cost increase - Worker's Compensation Management Fund
Potential future biennium cost increase - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill shifts the burden of proof that an employee of the State whose regular or incidental duties require the care, supervison or custody of a person confined in a state correctional facility contracted heart disease or hypertension as a result of that employment from the claimant to the State and may result in increased costs to the Workers' Compensation Management Fund within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services beginning in fiscal year 2022-23.