New Hampshire Revised Statutes 281-A:32-a – First Responder’s Critical Injury Benefit
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 281-A:32-a
- employee: includes persons who regularly operate businesses or practice their trades, professions, or occupations, whether individually, or in partnership, or association with other persons, whether or not they hire others as employees. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 281-A:2
- Injury: or "personal injury" as used in and covered by this chapter means accidental injury or death arising out of and in the course of employment, or any occupational disease or resulting death arising out of and in the course of employment, including disability due to radioactive properties or substances or exposure to ionizing radiation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 281-A:2
I. In addition to other payments made under RSA 281-A, a group II retirement system member may request additional compensation under this section. If the impairment to a group II retirement system member resulting from an injury is partial, with a determination by the department of labor that the employee has reached maximum medical improvement and that such maximum medical improvement is less than 100 percent, the governor may draw a warrant, with approval by the executive council, from funds not otherwise appropriated for payments in addition to benefits payable under this chapter for an award to be paid to such employees in amounts provided by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 281-A:28 for the number of weeks set forth in this section for permanent bodily loss or impairment:
| (a) | Permanent loss or impairment of heart, lung, or brain | 208 | |
| (b) | Permanent loss or impairment of other internal organs | 104 | |
| (c) | Permanent loss or impairment of speech, touch, taste, or smell | 104 |
II. Payments awarded under this section shall be subject to all other provisions of RSA 281-A. Total compensation payments for all additional compensation claims paid under this section shall not exceed $125,000 per claimant. Benefits paid under this section for all claimants shall not exceed $500,000 per biennium.