Workers' Compensation News
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Governor Signs Bill Creating Self-Insurers' Guaranty Association | 04/18/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill creating a guaranty association to step in and pay workers’ compensation benefits because of the insolvency of a self-insured employer. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Reform Bill | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed a reform bill that includes benefit increases and more restrictive criteria for injured workers to receive future care after reaching maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Allow More Docs in System, Treat Unemployment as Wages | 04/08/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear enacted a bill that could have the mixed effect of lowering costs by allowing retired doctors to write medical reports and testify in work comp proceedings, and increasing costs by treating unemployment insurance as income when calculating benefits owed for workplace in...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Criminalizing Premium Fraud | 04/02/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek enacted a bill that immediately made it a misdemeanor for employers to submit false payroll reports to reduce their workers’ compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Statute of Limitation for Bill Disputes | 04/02/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed into law a bill establishing a universal one-year statute of limitations for billing disputes. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Advisory Committee Bill | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers enacted a bill from the state’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Committee that includes an immediate 1.9% benefit increase. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Requiring Exposure Testing for Air Ambulance Workers | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday enacted a bill requiring the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and self-insured public employers to pay for services used to determine whether certain air ambulance workers sustained an injury following exposure to blood or bodily fluids. ...Read More | |||
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Goldberg Segalla Adds Attorney to Manhattan Office | 03/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Goldberg Segalla, a national civil litigation firm, added Jennifer B. Pan to its workers' compensation group in Manhattan, New York City. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Makes Appointment to WC Commission | 02/14/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday appointed Raychel Wesley as an employee commissioner on the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, pursuant to Sec. 13 of the state Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Goldberg Segalla Adds Two Attorneys to Raleigh Office | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Goldberg Segalla added Erica B. Lewis as a partner and Kalie L. Chumley as an associate in the firm’s workers’ compensation defense group in Raleigh, North Carolina. ...Read More | |||
