Maine § 39-A §201 Entitlement to compensation and services generally

Maine Statutes

§ 39-A §201 — Entitlement to compensation and services generally

Maine § 39-A §201

Title 39-AWORKERS' COMPENSATION

Part 1MAINE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT OF 1992

Ch. 5COMPENSATION AND SERVICES

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 39-A, § 39-A §201 (2026).

Text

1.Entitlement. If an employee who has not given notice of a claim of common law or statutory rights of action, or who has given the notice and has waived the claim or rights, as provided in section 301, receives a personal injury arising out of and in the course of employment or is disabled by occupational disease, the employee must be paid compensation and furnished medical and other services by the employer who has assented to become subject to this Act.

2.Injury while participating in rideshare programs. An employee injured while participating in a private, group or employer-sponsored car pool, van pool, commuter bus service or other rideshare program, having as its sole purpose the mass transportation of employees to and from work, for the purposes of this Act, may not be deemed to h

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1.
Entitlement.
If an employee who has not given notice of a claim of common law or statutory rights of action, or who has given the notice and has waived the claim or rights, as provided in section 301, receives a personal injury arising out of and in the course of employment or is disabled by occupational disease, the employee must be paid compensation and furnished medical and other services by the employer who has assented to become subject to this Act.
2.
Injury while participating in rideshare programs.
An employee injured while participating in a private, group or employer-sponsored car pool, van pool, commuter bus service or other rideshare program, having as its sole purpose the mass transportation of employees to and from work, for the purposes of this Act, may not be deemed to have received personal injury arising out of or in the course of employment. Nothing in the foregoing may be held to deny benefits under this Act to employees such as drivers, mechanics and others who receive remuneration for their participation in the rideshare programs.
3.
Mental injury caused by mental stress.
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Mental injury caused by mental stress.
Mental injury resulting from work-related stress does not arise out of and in the course of employment unless:
4.
Preexisting condition.
If a work-related injury aggravates, accelerates or combines with a preexisting physical condition, any resulting disability is compensable only if contributed to by the employment in a significant manner.
5.
Subsequent nonwork injuries.
If an employee suffers a nonwork-related injury or disease that is not causally connected to a previous compensable injury, the subsequent nonwork-related injury or disease is not compensable under this Act.
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Prior work-related injuries.
If an employee suffers a work-related injury that aggravates, accelerates or combines with the effects of a work-related injury that occurred prior to January 1, 1993 for which compensation is still payable under the law in effect on the date of that prior injury, the employee's rights and benefits for the portion of the resulting disability that is attributable to the prior injury must be determined by the law in effect at the time of the prior injury.

Legislative History

PL 1991, c. 885, §A8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 647, §1 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 294, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 419, §1 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 629, §2 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 405, Pt. A, §143 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 167, §49 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 433, §1 (AMD).