Bills Would Amend Several Provisions of Workers' Comp Law

Rep. Bruce DeGroot, R-Chesterfield, has introduced legislation that would amend and repeal several provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law. HB 1693 would clarify that injuries sustained in a company vehicle while traveling from an employee’s home to the worker’s principal place of business are not compensable. The bill clarifies when an injury becomes reasonably discoverable for purposes of the statute of limitation for filing a claim and reporting an injury. To determine whether a mental injury due to work-related stress is compensable, the stress would have to be ...