Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Allow PTSD Comp for Firefighters; No Mention of Police | 02/01/2019 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Tennessee police officers may be out of luck if they are traumatized by what they experience during years on the job, but under a bill filed this week, firefighters would be eligible for compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Outlaw Delays by Insurers in Claims | 01/31/2019 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured workers would have to receive medical care, benefits and hearings in a timely fashion, without unnecessary delays, or the insurance carrier will face penalties, reads a bill introduced in the Connecticut General Assembly this week. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Make Special Fund Successor to Excess Coverage | 01/31/2019 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Arizona’s Special Fund, which assumes liabilities for workers’ compensation claims that self-insured employers fail to pay, would be the successor in interest to any excess coverage, under a bill pending in the state’s House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Require Comp for Contractors, Pay for Causation Reports | 01/30/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| At least seven workers’ compensation bills have begun making their way through committees of the Texas Legislature, including one that would make workers' compensation mandatory for some construction contractors, and others that would loosen some rules on medical providers. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Seek to Protect Guaranty Association | 01/30/2019 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A committee of the South Carolina Senate has approved a measure that seeks to protect the state Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association from claims by self-insured employers. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Reimburse Employers When Claim Is Denied on Appeal | 01/30/2019 | ||
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation introduced in the Connecticut House of Representatives this week would require employers to be reimbursed for workers' compensation benefits paid to an injured worker if the claim is overturned on appeal. HB ...Read More | |||
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Bill Introduced to Let Workers Choose Treating Doc | 01/30/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured Montana workers would be allowed to choose a treating provider even when carriers have accepted liability. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Eliminate Coverage Exemption for 'Booth Renters' | 01/30/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Salons and similar businesses in Washington state could be compelled to carry workers’ compensation coverage for barbers, cosmetologists and others renting booths in the shops. ...Read More | |||
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Blockchain, Wearables, Digital Assistants All Part of AF Group's Technology Plan | 01/29/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| AF Group is launching a pilot program this year in which wearable technology will be provided to selected workers’ comp policyholders to improve employee safety, just one of several technology initiatives the company has in the works. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes First Law Mandating Cannabis Reimbursement | 01/28/2019 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation introduced last week would make Hawaii the first state in the country to require by law workers’ compensation coverage for medical cannabis. ...Read More | |||
