Republican Lawmaker Pushes Employer-Searchable Claim Database Again

A Republican lawmaker is moving forward, again, with a proposal to create a searchable database of workers' compensation claims that employers could access before hiring new employees. Sen. Dave Schatz, R-Sullivan, a regular source of business-friendly workers' compensation bills, sponsored Senate Bill 763, which will be heard today in the Senate Small Business and Industry Committee. Lawmakers first pushed the searchable database idea in 2013. The bill made it all the way to Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's desk, but Nixon vetoed it, citing privacy and legal concer...