CASE NO. 490 CRD-4-86Workers’ Compensation Commission
JUNE 14, 1988
The claimant was represented by Dennis G. Eveleigh, Esq.
The respondents were represented by Edward S. Downes Jr., Esq.
This Petition for Review from the June 13, 1986 Finding and Dismissal of the Commissioner for the Fourth District was heard June 26, 1987 before a Compensation Review Division panel consisting of the Commission Chairman, John Arcudi, and Commissioners Gerald Kolinsky and Michael S. Sherman.
OPINION
JOHN ARCUDI, Chairman.
No factual dispute here exists. Claimant sustained a compensable injury September 4, 1981 with permanent disability resulting. Effective January 1, 1985 the respondent employer terminated Claimant’s health insurance policy administered through the employer. At that time, Claimant was receiving Workers’ Compensation benefits.
The Fourth District Commissioner in his June 13, 1986 Finding and Dismissal dismissed the claim for continuing health insurance coverage. He held that Sec. 31-284b, C.G.S. providing for such continued coverage became effective October 1, 1982, and Sec. 31-284b could not be applied retroactively. We agree.
Whether Sec. 31-284b should be given retroactive application is a question we addressed in Munroe v. Dunham-Bush, Inc., 324 CRD-1-84 (November 19, 1987). We concluded it should not, and for all the reasons announced in Munroe, supra we affirm the Commissioner of the Fourth District’s Finding and Dismissal.
Commissioners Gerald Kolinsky and Michael S. Sherman concur.