Workers' Compensation News
Lost-Time Claim Rate Falls in 2021 | 02/27/2023 | ||
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A drop in COVID-19 claims helped lower the rate of lost-time claims per 1,000 employees to 7.9 in 2021 from 9 in 2020, according to a new report by the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
Legislature Passes Bill to Eliminate Sunset for PTSD Statute | 02/22/2023 | ||
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Idaho lawmakers have passed a bill that would eliminate a sunset provision from a statute allowing first responders to receive workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder without an accompanying physical injury. ...Read More | |||
Lawmakers Seek System Studies, More Presumptions | 02/21/2023 | ||
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
California lawmakers want to study the viability of tying medical payments to the value of care provided to injured workers and whether there are differences in benefits paid to men and women. ...Read More | |||
Legislature Passes Recreational Activity Coverage Bill; Comp Options for State Introduced | 02/15/2023 | ||
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Montana lawmakers passed a bill that seeks to clarify comp limitations for injuries suffered during recreational activities. ...Read More | |||
Lawmakers Reintroduce Presumption Expansion Proposals Vetoed Last Session | 02/13/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
California lawmakers introduced bills containing provisions that would expand the types of workers workers covered by post-traumatic stress disorder and skin cancer presumptions that are similar to measures Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed last year Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez, D-Pomona, on Thu...Read More | |||
Lawmakers Seek to Overturn BIIA Decision, Define COVID-19 as Occupational Disease | 02/10/2023 | ||
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Lawmakers in Washington state would like to overturn a Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals decision denying a COVID-19 claim and amend the definition of “occupational disease” to include the illness. ...Read More | |||
Lawmakers Pass Dispatcher PTSD, Group Self-Insurance Pool Bills | 02/08/2023 | ||
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Virginia lawmakers passed bills that provide emergency dispatchers with coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder and allow two or more group self-insurance associations to merge. ...Read More | |||
Lawmakers Consider Adding Social Workers as Comp Providers | 02/07/2023 | ||
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Maryland lawmakers on Monday presented carryover legislation that would allow licensed certified social workers to diagnose injured workers with mental impairments. ...Read More | |||
Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Expand Provider Options for Federal Workers | 02/06/2023 | ||
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate reintroduced legislation that would expand health care provider options for injured federal workers. ...Read More | |||
Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Occupational Safety and Health Act | 02/03/2023 | ||
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The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a case asking whether Congress unconstitutionally delegated unlimited authority to the executive branch with the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 1970. ...Read More | |||