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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 207
Introduced by McDonnell, 5.
Read first time January 08, 2021
Committee: Business and Labor
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act; to
2 amend section 48-119, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to
3 change provisions relating to the date when compensation begins; and
4 to repeal the original section.
5 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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1 Section 1. Section 48-119, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is
2 amended to read:
3 48-119 No compensation shall be allowed for the first three seven
4 calendar days of disability, except as provided in section 48-120, but if
5 disability extends beyond the period of three seven calendar days,
6 compensation shall begin on the fourth eighth calendar day of disability,
7 except that if such disability continues for two six weeks or longer,
8 compensation shall be computed from the date disability began. For
9 purposes of this section, a partial day of disability shall be deemed a
10 calendar day of disability.
11 Sec. 2. Original section 48-119, Reissue Revised Statutes of
12 Nebraska, is repealed.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 48-119