Workers' Compensation News
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House Passes Bill to Increase Benefits | 04/15/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill that would increase the aggregate limits on temporary and permanent disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Underground Economy Task Force, Nurses Resolution | 04/08/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Hawaii House of Representatives passed resolutions that would request that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations clarify payment rules for advanced practice registered nurses and convene a task force to target the underground economy. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Revised Benefit Limits for Mental Impairment Still Violate Equal Protection | 04/02/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A unanimous New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday said a law that limits the duration of benefits for subsequent mental impairments to the duration of benefits allowed for the underlying physical condition violates the equal protection clause of the state Constitution. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Shifting Oversight of Self-Insurance Fund | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would transfer oversight of the state workers’ compensation self-insurance fund from the Department of Administration to the Insurance Department. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Denies Attorney Fees for Challenge to Denial of Claim Expansion | 03/25/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to attorney fees for counsel’s work challenging the denial of his request to expand the scope of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Harford Mutual Insurance Group Announces Three Officer Promotions | 03/19/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Harford Mutual Insurance Group announced the promotions of three officers. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Hearing Loss Rating Bill | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland House of Delegates on Thursday unanimously passed a bill modifying how hearing loss must be calculated for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Advisory Committee Measure, Fee Schedule Resolution | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill removing a location requirement for appointments to a workers’ compensation advisory committee and passed a resolution that would approve changes to the medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Requiring Uninsured Employers' Fund to Pay Benefits in 15 Days | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The timeline for Maryland’s Uninsured Employers’ Fund to start paying benefits to injured workers would be the same as it is for insurers and employers, under a bill the House of Delegates passed Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Heirs of Cancer-Stricken Firefighter Not Entitled to Presumption | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned an award of benefits to the heirs of a firefighter who died from pancreatic cancer, finding they were not entitled to a statutory presumption that the firefighter’s cancer developed during the course and scope of his employment. ...Read More | |||
