Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Add Solid Waste Workers to Cancer Presumption | 01/26/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hawaii lawmakers have introduced bills to expand the types of workers covered by presumptions of compensability and to expand the list of conditions that are presumed to have arisen out of employment. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Raise Pay for Doctors Treating Cops, Firefighters | 01/26/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida lawmakers are deliberating a proposal to allow police and firefighters with presumptive injuries to select a medical specialist for treatment and to pay the selected doctor up to twice the rate authorized by Medicare. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Adopt ABC Test for Work Comp | 01/25/2024 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation introduced in Rhode Island would require using what’s commonly referred to as the “ABC test” to determine whether someone is an employee and eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, among other things. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes to Double Benefits for Injuries Tied to Safety Violations | 01/25/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Iowa workers who are injured as a result of workplace safety violations would receive a 100% increase in benefits, under legislation introduced Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Notices About Workers' Rights to Consult Comp Attorney | 01/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Notices that California employers are required to post in a conspicuous location frequented by employees would be required to reference the right to consult an attorney, under a new bill. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address PTSD Benefits, Rulemaking Requirements | 01/24/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia lawmakers have introduced bills that would eliminate a cap on benefits provided to first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder and exempt the Workers’ Compensation Commission from some formal rulemaking requirements. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Apply One-Year Limit on Provider Payment Disputes to All Claims | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Virginia employers and work comp carriers would have one year to seek recovery of payments to health care providers regardless of the date payment was made, under legislation moving through the General Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Comp Hearings in County Seat | 01/12/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A South Carolina senator introduced legislation that would require workers’ compensation hearings to be held in county seats. Current law re...Read More | |||
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BWC Holding Educational Conference June 12-14 | 01/12/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that its 2024 Educational Conference will be June 12-14 in Murfreesboro. Th...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Increase Fine for Failure to Insure, Create PTSD Presumption | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland lawmakers have introduced a measure to increase the penalty for employers that fail to secure workers’ compensation coverage, and a bill to create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for certain first responders. ...Read More | |||
