Workers' Compensation News
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Bills Would Permit Choice of Physician, Increase National Guard Death Benefit | 01/09/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Indiana lawmakers introduced legislation that would allow workers to choose the physician who treats their industrial injury and would increase death benefits for members of the Indiana National Guard. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Make PTSD Presumption Permanent | 01/08/2025 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A lawmaker in Maine is proposing to make permanent a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for certain first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Seeks to Clarify Employment Relationship for Home Health Services | 01/08/2025 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation introduced for the 2025 legislative session in Utah seeks to clarify that injured workers are the statutory employers of those providing them with home health services. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Employers to Issue Treatment Decisions Within 45 Days | 01/07/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill introduced ahead of the legislative session that starts Wednesday would require employers to issue a decision on medical treatment requests within 45 calendar days. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Add to List of Cancers Covered by Statutory Alternative to Comp | 01/07/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida lawmakers are proposing to expand the list of cancers covered under a statutory scheme that provides benefits to firefighters as an alternative to workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require WCB to Issue Stop-Work Orders to Uninsured Employers | 01/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York State Workers' Compensation Board would be required to issue stop-work orders to employers that knowingly fail to provide workers’ compensation coverage under a bill filed for the 2025 legislative session. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Rule Changes Open for Public Comment | 12/31/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is seeking comments on two fee schedule rules and an outpatient formulary regulation. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Penalties for Workplace Coercion Based on Immigration Status | 12/26/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A bill introduced ahead of the 2025 legislative session in Washington state would authorize penalties of up to $10,000 if employers threaten or coerce workers based on their immigration status. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Expand List of Presumptive Cancers for Firefighters | 12/26/2024 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Utah lawmaker introduced legislation that would expand the list of cancers that presumptively arise from service among firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Add Unpaid Interns to Those Not Covered by Comp | 12/24/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma lawmakers introduced a bill for the 2025 session that would prevent unpaid interns and other workers from receiving workers' compensation benefits if they are injured. ...Read More | |||
