PRINTER'S NO. 2490
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2145
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY E. NELSON, PISCIOTTANO, KINSEY, RYAN, D. WILLIAMS,
McNEILL, JAMES, HILL-EVANS, INNAMORATO, GLEIM, O'MARA AND
CIRESI, DECEMBER 8, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, DECEMBER 8, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), entitled "An
act defining the liability of an employer to pay damages for
injuries received by an employe in the course of employment;
establishing an elective schedule of compensation; providing
procedure for the determination of liability and compensation
thereunder; and prescribing penalties," in liability and
compensation, further providing for compensation payable in
periodical installments.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 308 of the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736,
No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, is amended to
read:
Section 308. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, all
compensation payable under this article shall be payable in
periodical installments, as the wages of the employe were
payable before the injury.
(b) At the request of an employe entitled to compensation
under this article, compensation shall be payable by electronic
fund transfer to the account of the employe or to a debit
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account provided to the employe.
Section 2. This act shall apply to claims for compensation
filed on or after the effective date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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