Alaska HB44 modifies workers' compensation death benefits, specifying payout amounts for various beneficiaries.

Alaska HB44 revises the state's workers' compensation death benefits, detailing specific payout amounts for different beneficiaries. If the deceased worker had a surviving widow or widower or children, the benefits include funeral expenses up to $12,000 and percentages of the deceased's weekly wages. If there is no widow or widower or children, the benefits are distributed to surviving parents, grandchildren, brothers, and sisters, if dependent at the time of injury. The act also outlines payments if the widow or widower remarries and if there are no surviving relatives.

Alaska HB44 modifies workers' compensation death benefits, specifying payout amounts for various beneficiaries.

Alaska HB44 revises the state's workers' compensation death benefits, detailing specific payout amounts for different beneficiaries. If the deceased worker had a surviving widow or widower or children, the benefits include funeral expenses up to $12,000 and percentages of the deceased's weekly wages. If there is no widow or widower or children, the benefits are distributed to surviving parents, grandchildren, brothers, and sisters, if dependent at the time of injury. The act also outlines payments if the widow or widower remarries and if there are no surviving relatives.