relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players.

The bill header and page headers were updated from 'AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE' to 'VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES,' reflecting that the bill passed its final legislative stage.

The date on the document was updated to 04/05, indicating when the final version was produced.

Added a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players who are compensated under a collective bargaining agreement that expressly provides for wages and working conditions. This is an entirely new policy area not in the original bill.

Added a repeal of RSA 277-B:9, I(e), which had assigned the responsibility for paying workers' compensation insurance for leased employees to employee leasing companies. This supports the new election framework by removing the prior mandatory assignment.

Changed the workers' compensation provision from a simple statement that 'either the employee leasing company or the client company shall purchase and maintain' coverage to a more detailed framework where the parties may elect for the client company to provide coverage, all leasing arrangements must specify which party is responsible, and coverage must be in place regardless of election.

Added notice requirements: when a client company elects to provide workers' comp, it must notify its employees in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, and the leasing company must submit policy details (client name, carrier, effective date, expiration date, policy number) to the commissioner within 30 days of the election and at each license application.

Removed the original Section 1 that amended RSA 277-B:5, IV to require license applications be accompanied by evidence of workers' comp coverage and to limit leasing companies to no more than two policies (one voluntary market, one residual market).

Added a new penalty provision: if a client company elects to provide workers' comp coverage but fails to secure payment of compensation as required by RSA 281-A:5, it is subject to the penalties in RSA 281-A:7.