Workers' Compensation News
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Governor Approves Increase in Witness Fees | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill to increase the maximum payments for witness fees, expenses and costs by $2,000, effective Jan. 1. Kote...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Responding to Gardner Decision | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed a budget bill that includes a last-minute addition that supporters say addresses a problematic state Supreme Court decision that threatened to increase work comp costs. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs PEO Bill | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill replacing the term “worker leasing company” with “professional employer organization." ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Excluding Certain Temp Workers From Comp | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma Gov. J. Kevin Stitt signed a bill eliminating the requirement to carry comp coverage for certain unpaid temporary workers. The gove...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Establishing Criteria to Mandate Lump-Sum Payments | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill that requires carriers and self-insured employers to make a lump-sum payment of a permanent partial disability award if the injured worker waives reconsideration of a notice of closure or the award has become final by operation of law. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Adding Information Release Authorization to Forms | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill to require that claim application forms include an authorization for the release of information to the state Uninsured Employers’ Fund and the Subsequent Injury Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves New Benefit Schedule | 04/29/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill revising the schedule used to calculate total disability benefits for unmarried workers with children. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Prohibits Using X-Mods to Disallow Bids | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed a bill prohibiting state agencies from using experience rating to preclude a business from submitting a bid for a contract. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Allows Physical Therapists, Physician Assistants to Treat Injured Workers | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte enacted legislation allowing physician assistants and physical therapists to serve as injured workers' treating physicians. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Allowing L&I to Administer Claims for Decertified Self-Insurers | 04/17/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Wednesday signed a bill allowing the state Department of Labor and Industries to administer and pay workers’ compensation claims when a self-insured employer has been decertified. ...Read More | |||
