Workers' compensation indemnity benefits payable to injured workers would be reduced in proportion to the degree that drug or alcohol intoxication contributed to the accident under a bipartisan bill filed in the New Mexico House of Representatives.
Benefits would be reduced by a minimum of 35% and no more than 85% when drug or alcohol use contributed to a workplace injury under House Bill 238, co-sponsored by Rep. Dennis J. Roch, R-Logan, and Sen. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces. An injured worker who refuses to submit to a drug and alcohol screening following a workplace accident woul...
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