TITLE XXIII
LABOR

CHAPTER 281-A
WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Section 281-A:32-a

    281-A:32-a First Responder's Critical Injury Benefit. –
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 RSA 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 $1,000,000 per biennium.

Source. 2014, 242:1, eff. July 21, 2014. 2016, 305:1, eff. June 21, 2016. 2017, 111:1, eff. June 8, 2017. 2025, 142:1, eff. Aug. 26, 2025.