Benefit Termination Notice Requirement, Firefighter Coverage Bills Pending Introduction

Drafts of bills awaiting introduction for the 2019 legislative session in Montana would require carriers to notify workers when medical benefits are about to end, and would create a mechanism to pay for workers’ compensation coverage of volunteer firefighters. Legislative Concept 279 would require carriers to give notice to injured workers who are approaching the five-year automatic termination of medical benefits lawmakers created with the reforms of 2011. The draft bill, which currently does not have a sponsor, would require that injured workers be notified with 90 to 120 days that me...