Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Expand Provider Options for Federal Workers | 02/06/2023 | |
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| Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate reintroduced legislation that would expand health care provider options for injured federal workers. ...Read More | |||
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Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Occupational Safety and Health Act | 02/03/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a case asking whether Congress unconstitutionally delegated unlimited authority to the executive branch with the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 1970. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers to Consider Making Lyme Disease an Occupational Illness | 01/31/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lawmakers in New York will for a second year consider making Lyme disease an occupational illness under workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Loss Costs to Decrease 6.7% in April | 01/26/2023 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Kevin Gaffney on Wednesday announced that workers’ compensation ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Introduce COVID-19 Injured Workers' Protection Act | 01/25/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Proposed legislation filed in New York on Wednesday would create a COVID-19 presumption in workers' compensation death benefits cases and also amend current comp law concerning temporary benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Set to Take Another Run at Revising IME Process | 01/25/2023 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hawaii lawmakers appear poised to take another run at revising the process for independent medical exams with the introduction of a bill that would require that injured workers and employers agree on the provider performing the evaluation. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Proposes Returning Premium Surplus Raided in 2017 | 01/12/2023 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A lawmaker who unsuccessfully fought legislative efforts to saddle Montana State Fund with part of the bill for an expensive wildfire season is proposing that the state return what it took from the carrier’s policyholder surplus, with interest. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers to Consider State-Funded Mental Health Program for First Responders | 01/11/2023 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Indiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would create a state-funded program to provide unspecified income and mental health services to first responders who have been involved in “a qualified critical incident.” ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Address Safety for Warehouse, Meatpacking Workers | 01/06/2023 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Minnesota lawmakers on Wednesday introduced two bills that would address workplace safety issues for warehouse and meatpacking industry workers. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Seeks Comments for TBI Rules | 01/05/2023 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry requested comments from workers’ compensation system participants regarding new rules governing treatment for traumatic brain injuries. ...Read More | |||
