Workers' Compensation News
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Bills Would Require Annual MLFS Update, Revise Medical Treatment Laws | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation would be required to update the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule every year, under a bill introduced in the Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Biden DOL Delays Independent Contractor Rule | 02/05/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| President Joe Biden's Department of Labor announced Wednesday that it would delay the previous administration's controversial rule on a test that determines when workers can be considered independent contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Heading to Governor Includes Electronic Notice Requirements | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Arizona lawmakers passed a multifaceted bill that includes provisions that would allow workers’ compensation carriers to deliver notices or documents electronically if the party consents to receive electronic communications. ...Read More | |||
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Board Suspends Pain Doc After His Arrest | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Almost three months after he was charged with prescribing more than 1 million oxycodone pills to drug-addicted patients, a New York City pain doctor has been barred from treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Beshear Files Suit After Lawmakers Override His Veto | 02/04/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky legislature's Republican supermajority on Tuesday voted to override the governor's veto of two bills that limit his COVID-19 presumption order and other executive actions. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Expand PTSD Presumption | 02/03/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder arose out of and in the course of employment would apply to dispatchers and California state hospital and developmental services workers, under a recently introduced bill. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Extending Comp to Domestic Workers Moves Closer to Floor Vote in House | 02/03/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia House of Delegates is one step away from approving a bill that would require that more housekeepers and other domestic service employees be covered by workers' compensation insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Monitoring PBM Data for Inappropriate Prescribing | 02/02/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York Department of Public Health would be required to scrutinize pharmacy benefit manager data, under a bill recently introduced in the Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Create Exception to Exclusive Remedy for Inadequate COVID Protections | 02/02/2021 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A pair of bills introduced in the Hawaii Legislature would create an exception to workers’ compensation as the exclusive remedy for workplace injuries when employers fail to maintain adequate protections against COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Extend Skin Cancer Presumption to State Parks Workers, Game Wardens | 01/29/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Game wardens and California state park workers with law enforcement responsibilities would be covered by the same skin cancer presumption that applies to city and state lifeguards, under a recently introduced bill. ...Read More | |||
