Workers' Compensation News
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House Passes Bill to Define Prosthesis, Prosthetic Device | 03/03/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana state House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would define “prosthesis” and “prosthetic device” to mean an artificial substitute for a missing body part. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes COVID-19 Workers' Comp Bill | 03/03/2021 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow workers to file comp claims for COVID-19 if they can prove they contracted the virus while at work. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Add People Working Through DHS Programs to Definition of Employee | 03/03/2021 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| People who provide services for programs administered by the state Department of Human Services would no longer be excluded from the definition of “employee,” under a bill the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Keep Comp Judges' Personal Info Off the Web | 02/23/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers' compensation judges in Kansas would be able to keep their home addresses and other personal information off of public agency websites, under a bill the state House of Representatives approved last week. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Adopts Federal Standard for Determining Tribal Sovereign Immunity | 02/22/2021 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court adopted the federal court system’s six-part test for determining whether tribally owned corporations are protected by sovereign immunity. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Requiring Comp for Unpaid Interns | 02/19/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Unpaid student interns would be eligible for workers’ compensation, under a bill the Montana state House of Representatives passed unanimously. ...Read More | |||
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House, Senate Flip Effective Dates on COVID Presumption Bills | 02/18/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia House of Delegates has approved a COVID-19 presumption for first responders, but the bill goes much further than a Senate version passed two weeks ago. ...Read More | |||
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House Tries Again With PTSD Bill | 02/17/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Democratic state representative is trying again with a bill that would make mental stress a compensable condition. ...Read More | |||
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Home Health Aide Remains in Scope of Employment While Running Errand | 02/11/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the denial of benefits to a home health attendant who fell while on an errand with her client. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Worker Charged With Two-Dozen Counts Related to Comp Fraud | 02/10/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A nursing assistant in Bakersfield faces 24 charges related to workers’ compensation fraud after she allegedly lied to investigators about her injury, according to court records and media reports. ...Read More | |||
