Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Cut Training Requirement for Agents and Brokers | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would nearly cut in half the duration of training that agents and brokers must complete to receive a license. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Enhance First Responder Death Benefits | 02/20/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would enhance first responder death benefits by extending the time that employers are required to provide health benefits for minor dependents by five years. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Move Comp Court to Judiciary | 02/20/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Montana lawmaker introduced legislation that would move the Workers' Compensation Court from the executive branch to the judicial branch. T...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Let Labor Commission Set Hospital Fees | 02/18/2025 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow the Labor Commission to adopt a fee schedule for hospital services. The Senate...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Reduce Injury Reporting Requirements, Remove AWW Cap on Benefits | 02/13/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana lawmakers introduced bills that would reduce the frequency with which carriers must report benefit payments and remove the average weekly wage cap on benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Restore Manicurist Exemption From Employee Status Test | 02/12/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation to restore licensed manicurists' exemption from statutory tests of employee status. Assemblymembe...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposal Would Exempt Contractors Without Employees, Prior Violations From Comp Mandate | 02/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would allow contractors without employees and those that haven't previously been cited to operate without obtaining workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Board Must Revisit Date of Worker's Last Coal Dust Exposure | 02/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ordered the Board of Review to revisit the issue of when a worker was last exposed to the hazards of occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Physical Therapists to Serve as Treating Physician | 01/31/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill moving through the Montana Legislature would classify physical therapists as physicians to treat compensable workplace injuries. The ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Expand Cancer Presumption to Airport Firefighters | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would explicitly include airport firefighters in the state's cancer presumption. Sen. John Lair...Read More | |||
