Senate committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.
Part I.
Removes proposed GS 66-512 which set out the State’s policy and statement of purpose for the new Article and renumbers the remaining statutes accordingly.
Part II.
Amends GS 97-29, concerning workers' compensation rates for total incapacity, by removing the proposed language that would have increased the maximum compensation annually based on the Consumer Price Index. Makes the remaining changes to the statute effective July 1, 2027, instead of 2026.
Amends GS 97-31 by removing the changes that were to be effective July 1, 2026, and July 1, 2028. Amends the changes that are to take effect July 1, 2027 so that now the maximum compensation for serious facial or head disfigurement is $40,000 (was $44,000 in previous edition), serious bodily disfigurement is $20,000 (was, $22,000 in the previous edition), and loss or permanent injury to any important external or internal organ or part of the body is $40,000 (was, $44,000 in the previous edition). Also amends the bodily disfigurement calculation to require that there be a rational connection to employability or earning capacity.
Makes additional clarifying changes.
Changes the act's titles.

Statutes affected:
Filed: 14-54, 14-86.5, 14-86.6
Edition 1: 14-54, 14-86.5, 14-86.6
Edition 2: 14-54, 14-86.5, 14-86.6, 1-538.2
Edition 3: 97-29, 97-31
Edition 4: 97-29, 97-31