Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Expand Cancer Presumption for Firefighters | 01/23/2023 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation filed in New Hampshire would make all types of cancer among firefighters a presumptive occupational disease eligible for workers' compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Make PTSD Coverage Permanent | 01/23/2023 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill by the Idaho state House of Representatives Commerce and Human Resources Committee would ensure workers’ compensation continues to cover first responders’ claims for post-traumatic stress disorder past this summer. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Allow L&I Regulation of Ergonomics Returns | 01/23/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in Washington state could once again deliberate on whether to repeal a 2003 voter initiative prohibiting the Department of Labor & Industries from adopting workplace standards for ergonomics. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address Cancer Coverage for Firefighters | 01/19/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in three states this week filed proposed legislation addressing cancer diagnoses for professional and volunteer firefighters. Ne...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Make Work-Related Opioid Overdose Deaths Compensable | 01/19/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York lawmaker proposed amending the state’s workers’ compensation law to make work-related opioid overdose deaths compensable. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Allow Merger of Self-Insurance Associations | 01/19/2023 | ||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Virginia lawmaker on Wednesday introduced a measure that would allow self-insurance associations to merge. House Bill 2418, by Del. William C. Wampler, R-Abingdon, would authorize the State Corporation Commission to ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Mandate 'Competitive' Rates in Monopolistic System | 01/18/2023 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Wyoming lawmaker introduced a bill that would require the Department of Workforce Services to determine rates for two to four years based exclusively on averaging premiums charged in other states. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Terminate TD Benefits at 72, Reduce Comp Judges and Prohibit Retaliation | 01/17/2023 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill introduced in Nebraska would automatically terminate total disability benefits on many claims when an injured worker turns 72. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address Intoxicated Workers, First Responder Presumptions | 01/13/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in West Virginia introduced measures that would preclude intoxicated workers from receiving comp benefits and would modify several presumptions for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Subject Comp Recovery to Past Child Support | 01/12/2023 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill introduced in Maryland would subject a portion of financial recovery in workers’ compensation cases to child support arrearages. ...Read More | |||
