Workers' Compensation News
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Governor Approves Increase in Reemployment Plan Cost | 07/16/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a bill increasing the cap on payments for reemployment plans by 66.5%. Alaska law allows injured workers who are ...Read More | |||
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Governor Reappoints Sonya Carrasco-Trujillo as Work Comp Judge | 06/27/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham reappointed Sonya Carrasco-Trujillo to a five-year term as a judge for the Workers’ Compensation Administration. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Benefit Increase | 06/07/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado Gov. Jared Polis enacted a bill that will increase the cap on combined temporary disability and permanent partial disability benefits by 100% or more. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Pay Raise for Doctors Treating First Responders | 05/31/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill allowing police and firefighters with injuries that are presumed to be compensable to select a doctor and increasing the provider’s reimbursement to twice the rate authorized by Medicare. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Legacy Court, Mental Health Bills | 05/16/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed bills creating a new venue for legacy claims and covering public safety workers with mental health claims that aren’t accompanied by a physical injury. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Set Reimbursement for Emergency Services at 250% of Medicare | 05/06/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that requires workers’ compensation payments for emergency services that aren’t subject to a maximum reimbursement allowance be set at 250% of what Medicare pays for the same service. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Transfer of Firefighter Risk Pool to State | 05/02/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed a bill requiring the state Office of Management and Enterprise Services to run the Volunteer Firefighter Group Insurance Pool. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Hearing Loss Rating Bills | 04/29/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed bills revising the criteria for measuring work-related hearing loss. The governor on Thursday signed ...Read More | |||
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Governor Appoints Judge to Comp Court | 04/26/2024 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Thursday announced the appointment of Brynne Holsten Puhl to the Workers’ Compensation Court. ...Read More | |||
| Governor Signs Bill Allowing Electronic Cancellation Notices | 04/25/2024 | ||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Insurers will be allowed to send electronic cancellation notices to Oklahoma policyholders, under terms of a bill Gov. Kevin Stitt signed Wednesday. Stitt signed SB 1627, by Sen. Ally Sei...Read More | |||
