SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 1837, 2nd Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 183778
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11  Senator Campbell moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
14         On page 11, line 315, through
15            page 12, line 342, delete those lines
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18         (38)  "Catastrophic injury" means a permanent
19  impairment constituted by:
20         (a)  Spinal cord injury involving severe paralysis of
21  an arm, a leg, or the trunk;
22         (b)  Amputation of an arm, a hand, a foot, or a leg
23  involving the effective loss of use of that appendage;
24         (c)  Severe brain or closed-head injury as evidenced
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26         1.  Severe sensory or motor disturbances;
27         2.  Severe communication disturbances;
28         3.  Severe complex integrated disturbances of cerebral
29  function;
30         4.  Severe episodic neurological disorders; or
31         5.  Other severe brain and closed-head injury
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 1837, 2nd Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 183778
 1  conditions at least as severe in nature as any condition
 2  provided in subparagraphs 1.-4.;
 3         (d) Second-degree or third-degree burns of 25 percent
 4  or more of the total body surface or third-degree burns of 5
 5  percent or more to the face and hands;
 6         (e) Total or industrial blindness; or
 7         (f) Any other injury that would otherwise qualify under
 8  this chapter of a nature and severity that would qualify an
 9  employee to receive disability income benefits under Title II
10  or supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI of
11  the federal Social Security Act as the Social Security Act
12  existed on July 1, 1992, without regard to any time
13  limitations provided under that act.
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