Bills requiring workers' compensation carriers in Montana to provide loss-run information to policyholders, reducing the requisite impairment level to qualify for vocational-rehabilitation benefits and authorizing temporary appointments of work comp judges were filed in advance of the 2015 legislative session that begins Jan. 5.
Senate Bill 3, by Sen. Tom Facey, D-Missoula, would lower to 10% the minimum whole-person impairment needed to qualify for vocational-rehabilitation benefits. Under current law, an injured worker with a WPI of 15% or greater can qualify for voc rehab, which pa...
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