Workers' Compensation News
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HHS Announces $485M in State Grants to Fight Opioid Addiction | 04/21/2017 | |
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| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that the agency will soon dispense the first round of grants authorized by the 21st Century Cures Act to fight opioid addiction. ...Read More | |||
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House Votes to Approve Bill Reducing Ombudsman Experience Requirements | 04/17/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would remove a requirement that ombudsmen in the Texas Office of Injured Employee Counsel have at least one year of workers’ compensation experience is now in the state Senate after passing the House of Representatives last week. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Appropriate $2.4 Million to Cover State Comp Costs | 04/14/2017 | |
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| The Hawaii House of Representatives passed a bill that would appropriate an additional $2.4 million for the Department of Human Resources Development to cover workers’ compensation costs for the current fiscal year. ...Read More | |||
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House Committee OKs Bill Modifying Provisions on Death Benefits, Compromise Settlements | 04/12/2017 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri House Special Committee on Employment Security has voted to pass a bill setting the order in which fallen first responders' family members can collect $25,000 in workers' compensation death benefits. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Requiring Licensing Boards to Create Opioid-Prescribing Guidelines | 04/12/2017 | |
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| The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill that would require medical professional licensing boards to develop and distribute guidelines or recommendations for prescribing opioids. ...Read More | |||
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House Approves Chaperone Bill | 04/12/2017 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Hawaii House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow injured workers to bring a chaperone to medical appointments and record conversations with providers conducting exams ordered by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. ...Read More | |||
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House Finance Committee OKs Bill Allowing Chaperones at IMEs | 04/10/2017 | |
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| Hawaii's House Finance Committee has recommended the chamber pass a bill allowing employees to have a chaperone present during their employer-ordered medical examinations. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital's Housekeeping Contractor Had No Liability for Nurse's Accident | 04/10/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an allegedly injured nurse could not proceed with her tort claims against a hospital’s housekeeping management company, as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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House Panel Revising Bill That Would Cut Comp Costs by Nearly $200 Million a Year | 04/06/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
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| The Florida House Commerce Committee today will hear a workers’ compensation reform bill that is projected to cut costs by at least 5%, or $182 million a year. ...Read More | |||
| Hearing Postponed for Man Accused of Cashing Checks Received Alongside Comp Benefits | 04/06/2017 | ||
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| A preliminary hearing was postponed this week for a West Virginia sheriff's deputy accused of cashing paychecks mistakenly received alongside workers' compensation checks, The Herald-Mail newspaper of Hagerstown, Maryland, reported. Terrance S. Shetley, 50, was receiving workers&#...Read More | |||
