Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to New IRE Process

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania unanimously rejected a constitutional challenge to the General Assembly’s revised impairment rating evaluation process, finding the new method did not involve an impermissible delegation of legislative authority to the American Medical Association. Case: Pennsylvania AFL-CIO v. Commonwealth, No. 62 M.D. 2019, 10/11/2019, published.  Facts: In 1996, the General Assembly enacted Section 306(a.2) of the Workers' Compensation Act, allowing employers to require workers' compensation claimants to undergo evaluations to determine t...