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2007 SESSION
HB 2688 Workers' compensation; benefits paid to unauthorized aliens.
Introduced by: John S. Reid | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Workers' compensation; benefits paid to unauthorized aliens; penalties. Makes an employer, rather than the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier, liable for payment of workers' compensation benefits payable to an unauthorized alien. In addition, an employer is required to promptly reimburse a third party that has paid benefits to an unauthorized alien for payments it has made to the injured alien. An employer that verified the work authorization status of the injured worker, through use of the Basic Pilot Program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security, obtained certain employment eligibility verification documentation, or is exempt from compliance with federal employment verification procedures under federal law, is exempt from these provisions. In addition, if an unauthorized alien who is eligible for disability is inadmissible to the United States under federal immigration law, the payor of the disability benefits shall require the unauthorized alien to present himself in person at a bank or financial institution located within a foreign country before receiving disability payments. A person violating these provisions is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty of $25,000.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 079027303 pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/07 House: Printed as engrossed 079027303-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 079027303
- 01/10/07 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/17/07 House: Assigned C & L sub: Utilities/Employment (Byron)
- 01/23/07 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (10-Y 7-N)
- 01/25/07 House: Read first time
- 01/26/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/31/07 House: Read second time
- 01/31/07 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/31/07 House: Amendment by Delegate Reid agreed to
- 01/31/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/01/07 House: Read second time
- 02/01/07 House: Committee amendments reconsidered
- 02/01/07 House: Committee amendment #1 rejected
- 02/01/07 House: Committee amendments #'s 2 and 3 agreed to
- 02/01/07 House: Engrossed by House as amended (55-Y 41-N) HB2688E
- 02/01/07 House: VOTE: ENGROSSMENT (55-Y 41-N)
- 02/01/07 House: Printed as engrossed 079027303-E
- 02/02/07 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 45-N)
- 02/02/07 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (52-Y 45-N)
- 02/02/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/12/07 Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/19/07 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice