Advisory Council Meeting July 20

The New Mexico Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Disease Disablement is meeting July 20 in Albuquerque. The advisory council is scheduled to discuss independent medical examinations and an ongoing workers’ compensation system study. Members will also talk about legislative priorities for the 2017 session. The advisory council on June 2 discussed addressing court decisions through the Legislature in 2017. Lawmakers this year rejected bills to overturn court decisions allowing workers who retired or were fired for misconduct after returning from an injury t...