HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1837 CS
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Ritter offered the following:
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14	Amendment
15	Remove line(s) 319-346, and insert:
16	(38) "Catastrophic injury" means a permanent impairment
17	constituted by:
18	(a) Spinal cord injury involving severe paralysis of an
19	arm, a leg, or the trunk;
20	(b) Amputation of an arm, a hand, a foot, or a leg
21	involving the effective loss of use of that appendage;
22	(c) Severe brain or closed-head injury as evidenced by:
23	1. Severe sensory or motor disturbances;
24	2. Severe communication disturbances;
25	3. Severe complex integrated disturbances of cerebral
26	function;
27	4. Severe episodic neurological disorders; or
28	5. Other severe brain and closed-head injury conditions at
29	least as severe in nature as any condition provided in
30	subparagraphs 1.-4.;
31	(d) Second-degree or third-degree burns of 25 percent or
32	more of the total body surface or third-degree burns of 5
33	percent or more to the face and hands;
34	(e) Total or industrial blindness; or
35	(f) Cases in which the employee establishes that he or she
36	is not able to uninterruptedly perform even sedentary work
37	within a 50-mile radius of the employee’s residence due to
38	physical or mental limitation. In such cases, permanent total
39	disability shall be determined in accordance with the facts. No
40	compensation shall be payable if the employee is engaged in, or
41	is physically capable of engaging in, gainful employment, and
42	the burden of establishing entitlement to permanent total
43	disability shall be upon the employee.Any other injury that
44	would otherwise qualify under this chapter of a nature and
45	severity that would qualify an employee to receive disability
46	income benefits under Title II or supplemental security income
47	benefits under Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act as
48	the Social Security Act existed on July 1, 1992, without regard
49	to any time limitations provided under that act.
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