Workers' Compensation News
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House Passes Bill That Would Expand Cancer Coverage to More First Responders | 03/22/2021 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow forest fire officers who develop certain cancers to seek indemnity and medical benefits from the First Responder Presumed Coverage Fund. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Out-of-State Records Bill | 03/18/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow insurers and self-insured employers to store records from workers’ compensation claims in places outside of the state. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Creating Limited Safe Harbor for Subcontractor Comp Liability | 03/12/2021 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee state House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would create a limited safe harbor provision for contractors that didn’t carry comp insurance for subcontractors that purported to be exempt from the coverage requirement. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing Scheduled on Apportionment, Hospital Presumption Bills | 03/11/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement on March 22 will hear testimony on proposals that would prohibit apportionment based on characteristics such as race or gender and create a presumption that certain injuries and illnesses are compensable for hospital worke...Read More | |||
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House Passes Amended Classification Bill | 03/11/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia House of Delegates passed an amended measure that would identify criteria that must be evaluated when determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Make Failure to Report Change in Condition a Felony | 03/11/2021 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured workers in Oklahoma who fail to report a material change in their condition while receiving temporary total disability benefits would be charged with a felony, under a bill the state House of Representatives recently passed. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Transfer Oversight of Comp Exemptions to BWC | 03/10/2021 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would direct the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to administer a registry of construction service providers that are exempt from carrying comp coverage. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Expanded COVID-19 Presumption | 03/10/2021 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill that would create a COVID-19 presumption after it was expanded to include essential workers and other employees of businesses currently operating in a limited capacity because of the pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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House Approves Bill to Allow Enhanced Benefits for Correctional Officers | 03/08/2021 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would offer enhanced permanent partial disability benefits for correctional officers in Baltimore. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Ease Cancer Presumption Requirements | 03/05/2021 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would remove some barriers firefighters and peace offices must clear to trigger a presumption that cancer is an occupational condition. ...Read More | |||
