Atwater Supports Measures to Exempt 3-Member Panel's MRAs from Ratification

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has thrown his support behind a pair of bills in the Florida Legislature to modify ratification requirements for workers’ compensation reimbursement allowances, mentioning the measures in his legislative agenda for this session. Senate Bill 1060 is sponsored by Sen. David Simmons, and a companion House measure, HB 1013, is sponsored by Rep. Bill Hager. The measures would exempt maximum reimbursement allowances and manuals approved by the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Three-Member Panel from legislative ratification u...