Presumptions, Prescription Drugs Expected as Legislative Topics for 2022

Lawmakers throughout the country will likely continue reviewing proposals to create presumptions next year that certain types of injuries are occupational in nature, according to policy observers for Optum Workers’ Comp and Auto No-Fault. The carrier’s analysts also said they’d like to see lawmakers return to addressing issues surrounding prescription drugs next year that, to some extent, have taken a back seat to the pandemic. With regard to the pandemic and workers’ compensation, lawmakers have primarily focused on how to determine whether someone contracte...