Workers' Compensation News
| Governor Signs Bill Criminalizing Failing to Report Income | 05/17/2021 | ||
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| Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt enacted a bill making it a felony for injured workers to fail to report any income they’re earning at the time they’re receiving temporary disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
| Governor Enacts COVID Presumptions for Frontline Workers | 05/17/2021 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Washington Gov. Jay Inslee enacted bills creating presumptions that COVID-19 is a compensable occupational disease for frontline workers. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Record Storage Bill | 05/13/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday enacted legislation allowing carriers to store workers’ compensation claim records outside of the state, such as on cloud servers. ...Read More | |||
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Generic for Lyrica Could Lower Claim Costs | 05/07/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A generic pregabalin extended-release tablet that hit the market in April will likely lower costs on claims that include Lyrica CR as part of the medication regimen, according to Optum Workers’ Comp and Auto No-Fault. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Extend COVID Presumption | 04/28/2021 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Tim Walz signed into law a bill that will extend a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for frontline workers. Walz on Monday enacted ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves PTSD Bill for Police and Firefighters | 04/28/2021 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday signed Senate Bill 11, allowing police and firefighters diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder to receive workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
| Governor Approves Supplemental COVID Death Benefits | 04/20/2021 | ||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday signed a bill to provide supplemental benefit payments to the dependents of essential employees who died from COVID-19 in the course of employment. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Lump-Sum Settlements | 04/20/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill that took effect immediately and for the first time allows injured workers to receive lump-sum settlement payments. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Ease Criteria for Cancer Presumption | 04/16/2021 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey enacted a law that eliminates some criteria that firefighters and peace officers must satisfy before state law presumes they contracted cancer through employment. ...Read More | |||
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Gov. Signs Bill Creating Intermediate Appellate Court | 04/13/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill creating an intermediate court that will hear appeals of final orders from the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review. ...Read More | |||
