Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Require Hearing to Close Case, Stenographic Records of Proceedings | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| New York lawmakers introduced legislation that would require hearings before any final decision to close a case. Bills introduced in the Senat...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Create Presumption for 9/11 Workers | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation introduced in New Jersey would create a presumption of compensability for some injuries or illnesses first responders suffered while responding to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Nix Experience Rating Requirement From Contracts | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Indiana government agencies would be precluded from specifying minimum experience ratings when soliciting bids or entering into contracts, under legislation introduced Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Create, Modify Presumptions | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Bills introduced Monday before the legislative session starting Jan. 16 would create a new presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for first responders in Alaska and would modify qualifying criteria for a current firefighter presumption. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Create Presumption That Infertility Is Compensable for Firefighters | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia firefighters who are unable to have a child after trying for a year would be presumed to have become infertile in the course and scope of their employment under a bill filed in advance of the session starting Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose New Definition of Compensable Injury, Higher Penalty for Safety Violations | 01/05/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Missouri lawmakers introduced bills that would revise the definition of what constitutes a compensable injury and increase the benefit enhancement when an employer’s failure to follow safety standards results in an injury. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Shorten Disability Duration Needed for Benefits | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill introduced in Washington state would cut in half the disability duration needed to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Add Marijuana to Intoxication Statute | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri lawmaker introduced legislation that would make clear that workers injured while under the influence of cannabis risk losing workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Provide PTSD Coverage to Dispatchers | 12/29/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Virginia lawmaker is making another run at providing workers’ compensation coverage for emergency dispatchers who have post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address Claims Court, First Responder Benefits, Firefighter Risk Pool | 12/27/2023 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma lawmakers filed bills ahead of the 2024 legislative session that would establish a venue for legacy claims within the Court of Civil Appeals and transfer the volunteer firefighter risk pool to the state. ...Read More | |||
