Legislatures Convene: Presumption, PTSD Bills in the Hopper

With legislatures or their committees set to convene this week and next, several workers' compensation measures are on agendas — from pandemic presumptions in Texas and Missouri to judges' salaries and fee schedules in Florida. Here's a look at some of the proposed legislation in a few states. Texas Lawmakers will convene Tuesday for the 87th Texas Legislature. One bill pre-filed last month would mandate coverage for more workers, and other measures would create a rebuttable presumption that pandemic diseases are work-related for some frontline employees. Texas law now ba...