Workers' Compensation News
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Business Groups Fear Effects of Benefits Bills | 04/23/2019 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Some 25 years after Maine revamped its workers' compensation laws to limit some benefits and reduce costs for employers, worker advocates say the time has come for the pendulum to swing back toward improved coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Bureau Won't Force Air Ambulances to Stick to Fee Schedules | 04/16/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Just as federal and state court cases in other states are chugging along toward conclusion, the Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation surprised stakeholders this month when it seemed to throw in the towel on fighting for lower air ambulance fees. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Give Guaranty Association New Flexibility Passes Senate | 04/16/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that passed the state Senate would give the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association a little more speed and flexibility in dealing with insolvent insurance carriers. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Prominent Display of Broker Licenses | 04/15/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California insurance brokers and agents would be required to prominently display a copy of their licenses in physical office locations and online, under new bill language unveiled last week. ...Read More | |||
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Brown Officially Proposes Tapping SAIF 'Excess Surplus' to Pay Pensions | 04/15/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday officially proposed tapping $500 million of the nearly $2 billion surplus of state-chartered workers’ compensation carrier SAIF Corp. to cover $16.7 billion in unfunded liabilities in the state’s pension program. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Hold Contractors Liable for Uninsured Subcontractors | 04/09/2019 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Recently introduced legislation in Maine would extend to prime contractors liability for occupational injuries suffered by those working for uninsured subcontractors. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Make PTSD Compensable | 04/09/2019 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| North Carolina could become the latest state to provide compensability for mental-mental stress conditions in first responders, if a bill introduced in the state House were to pass this year. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Let Doctors Barred Before 2007 Seek Reinstatement to WC System | 04/04/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Doctors who were left out of the Texas workers' compensation system for more than a decade will have a chance to re-enlist, thanks to a bill under consideration in the state House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Baker Denies Allegations in Auditor's Report | 04/02/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The former head of the California Department of Industrial Relations refuted allegations that she engaged in nepotism and retaliated against whistleblowers, according...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Clean Up Double Offset for State Retirees | 04/02/2019 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland's full Senate and a House committee have approved a bill that seeks to prevent state retirees from having an offset taken out twice for a workplace injury benefit. ...Read More | |||
