Hearing Scheduled on Bill to Repeal Comp Commission

Alaska lawmakers will hear limited testimony about a proposal to repeal the state’s Workers’ Compensation Appeals Commission during a hearing Tuesday. Members of the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee will hear from only those invited to testify on SB 76. Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, introduced SB 76 last year, but the measure was never called for a hearing and was carried over to this year’s session. The bill would close the commission to new filings and require appeals, petitions for review and other proceedings to be filed in superior court. The idea of cl...