relative to workers' compensation and creditable service towards retirement.

HB 216 removes a one-year limit on counting workers' compensation time toward retirement benefits for New Hampshire state employees. Previously, only up to one year of workers' comp payments counted toward retirement; this bill allows full credit for the entire period of disability benefits received. To qualify, employees must submit a department of labor verification form showing their disability payment dates. This change directly affects state workers injured on the job who receive ongoing workers' compensation payments.