Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Approve Disbanding Work Comp Review Committee | 03/08/2023 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| North Dakota lawmakers passed a bill that would eliminate an interim committee that was created to review workers’ compensation claims and determine the need for statutory changes to the state’s work comp laws. ...Read More | |||
| Lockton Launches Proprietary Workers' Compensation Consulting Process | 03/07/2023 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lockton, the world's largest independent insurance brokerage, announced the formal launch of Lockton 360, a proprietary workers' compensation consulting process designed to help employers address one of their most important and potentially costly risks. Lockton 360 offers a scalab...Read More | |||
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Lost-Time Claim Rate Falls in 2021 | 02/27/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill to Eliminate Sunset for PTSD Statute | 02/22/2023 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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 | |||
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Lawmakers Seek System Studies, More Presumptions | 02/21/2023 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Legislature Passes Recreational Activity Coverage Bill; Comp Options for State Introduced | 02/15/2023 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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 | |||
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Lawmakers Seek to Overturn BIIA Decision, Define COVID-19 as Occupational Disease | 02/10/2023 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Dispatcher PTSD, Group Self-Insurance Pool Bills | 02/08/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
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Lawmakers Consider Adding Social Workers as Comp Providers | 02/07/2023 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland lawmakers on Monday presented carryover legislation that would allow licensed certified social workers to diagnose injured workers with mental impairments. ...Read More | |||
