| Passed by the House February 14, 2006 Yeas 96 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 2, 2006 Yeas 44 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 3134 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2006 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/23/2006. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to compensation for temporary or permanent total disability; and amending RCW 51.32.225.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 51.32.225 and 1986 c 59 s 5 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) For persons receiving compensation for temporary or permanent
total disability under this title, the compensation shall be reduced by
the department to allow an offset for social security retirement
benefits payable under the federal social security, old age survivors,
and disability insurance act, 42 U.S.C. This reduction shall not apply
to any worker who is receiving permanent total disability benefits
prior to July 1, 1986.
(2) Reductions for social security retirement benefits under this
section shall comply with the procedures in RCW 51.32.220 (1) through
(6)((, except those that relate to computation,)) and with any other
procedures established by the department to administer this section.
For any worker whose entitlement to social security retirement benefits
is immediately preceded by an entitlement to social security disability
benefits, the offset shall be based on the formulas provided under 42
U.S.C. Sec. 424a. For all other workers entitled to social security
retirement benefits, the offset shall be based on procedures
established and determined by the department to most closely follow the
intent of RCW 51.32.220.
(3) Any reduction in compensation made under chapter 58, Laws of
1986, shall be made before the reduction established in this section.