HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3792        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1836

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Robert L. Rice, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
              Court assembled:

              The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to workers compensation.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Robert L. Rice, Jr.	2nd Worcester
Martin J. Walsh	13th Suffolk

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to workers compensation.

              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 10 of Chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (4)(c) the following:-

(d) If a conciliator is unable to resolve employee’s initial claim at the conciliation, it shall be referred to the industrial accident board for conference to be heard on the same day by a judge assigned.  The parties, by agreement, may request a continua nce of this conference date.