Workers' Compensation News
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House Passes Advisory Committee Measure, Fee Schedule Resolution
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03/15/2024
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill removing a location requirement for appointments to a workers’ compensation advisory committee and passed a resolution that would approve changes to the medical fee schedule.
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Split Court Denies Benefits for Traveling Employee
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03/14/2024
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State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A narrowly divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a traveling employee was not entitled to benefits for his alleged injuries from a car accident that happened while returning to a job site after an unauthorized midweek trip home.
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Governor Signs Bill Requiring Exposure Testing for Air Ambulance Workers
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03/14/2024
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday enacted a bill requiring the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and self-insured public employers to pay for services used to determine whether certain air ambulance workers sustained an injury following exposure to blood or bodily fluids.
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TDI Adopts Revisions to Classification System
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03/14/2024
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance on Wednesday announced that it has adopted changes to its rules that replace state-specific phrases with multistate classifications used by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
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Embattled Contractor Accused of Failing to Carry Comp
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03/14/2024
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State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A contractor in Maine who was acquitted on manslaughter charges after a jury determined his workers were independent contractors with the autonomy to choose for themselves whether to follow safety rules is now facing charges of failing to carry workers’ compensation, according to ...Read More
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Senate Passes Agreed-Upon Comp Bill
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03/14/2024
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State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Wisconsin Senate passed a multifaceted bill that would increase benefits and implement procedural changes through provisions agreed upon by members of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council.
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Senate Passes Bill to Revise Survivor Benefits
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03/14/2024
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Colorado Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would exempt surviving spouses of certain state workers from a provision that terminates death benefits upon remarriage.
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