Workers' Compensation News
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Labor Bills Gain Traction in House | 02/01/2017 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| If an employee is fired for testing positive for drug and alcohol use in Arkansas, he cannot contest the test results before the state Department of Labor under a bill that just passed the Arkansas House of Representatives unanimously. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Seeks to Roll Back Reforms Amid Constitutional Challenge | 01/30/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: KS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After a year in which courts in Florida, Oklahoma and Utah ruled portions of state workers' compensation statutes unconstitutional, some state lawmakers in Kansas are worried that the Legislature may have gone too far with reforms passed in 2013 and are proposing to roll back many of the...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Proposes to Give Federal Nuclear Workers Disease Presumption | 01/30/2017 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Washington state lawmakers introduced legislation that would create a presumption that certain diseases contracted by workers at a federal nuclear storage facility are occupational in nature. ...Read More | |||
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Lawyers to Receive Training on Pilot Anti-Opioid Program | 01/27/2017 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Massachusetts lawyers will receive training on how the state's two-year anti-opioid pilot program, announced in December, will work and how to identify which of their clients might be suitable for it. ...Read More | |||
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Labor, Dems Worry Workers Irresponsible With Claim Settlements | 01/26/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Armed with a new study showing roughly 5% of eligible injured workers are settling their claims, employers in Washington state are mounting a new push to lower the minimum age at which workers are allowed to enter structured settlements. ...Read More | |||
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Leaders Nearing Compromise on Firefighter Presumption Legislation | 01/26/2017 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Nathan Deal, lawmakers and local government officials are nearing an agreement on how to pay for treatment of firefighters who contract work-related cancers. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature to Consider Formulary Again, Plus Tying ASC Reimbursement to Medicare | 01/31/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nebraska's Legislature will consider a trio of employer-friendly bills that would limit reimbursement for ambulatory surgical centers, create a drug formulary and remove first report of injury forms from the public record. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Intent on Tinkering With Work Comp This Session | 01/25/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York lawmakers have proposed a slew of workers’ compensation bills, including legislation to force prompt payments to pharmacists, require every hearing office to have videoconferencing technology, and make it easier for employers to withdraw from the New York State Insurance Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Commission Rules Require Nurses to Follow Opioid Guidelines | 01/25/2017 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Advanced practice registered nurses must follow treatment guidelines when prescribing certain controlled substances to injured workers, under rules adopted by the Utah Labor Commission. ...Read More | |||
| Legislature Set to Consider Converting WCF to a Mutual | 01/23/2017 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| If lawmakers approve, Utah’s state-chartered Workers’ Compensation Fund could become a mutual carrier next year. State Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Utah, on Thursday introduced SB 92, which would repeal ...Read More | |||
