Workers' Compensation News
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Bills Address Compensability for Different Injuries, Conditions | 01/07/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Bills before New York lawmakers during the 2022 legislative session would define exposure to COVID-19 as an occupational disease and declare that the exclusive remedy of workers’ compensation doesn’t apply to injuries sustained during a sexual assault resulting from an employer’...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Revise 'B' Reader Rules, Nix Benefit Cap and Require Coverage for Vaccines | 01/06/2022 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Kentucky lawmakers kicked off the 2022 legislative session by introducing bills that would revise “B” reader requirements for doctors evaluating occupational disease claims, eliminate a 780-week cap on medical benefits and define adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines as compensable i...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Increase Benefit Duration to 520 Weeks | 01/06/2022 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Mississippi lawmaker is making another attempt to increase the duration of disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Revisions to 'ABC' Test of Employee Status | 01/05/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New Jersey lawmaker introduced legislation that would revise factors in the state’s three-part test used to determine whether a worker is an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Provide Comp for Student Learners | 01/05/2022 | ||
| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday read through a new bill that would require the state Department of Education to provide adequate employer liability and workers’ compensation insurance coverage for students enrolled in a work-based learning course. ...Read More | |||
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BWC: Public Employers Get 10% Rate Cut | 01/04/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation said rates for the state’s public employers will fall by 10% in 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Waive Attestation Requirements for C&R Heading to Governor | 12/23/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Legislation that would waive attestation requirements to compromise and release agreements and the suspension or modification of payments to those who have returned to work is heading to the desk of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Proposes Updates to Work Ability Report | 12/22/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is proposing changes to the form doctors use to report work ability that it said are intended to enhance its readability and usability. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Judges to Report Suspected False Statements | 12/21/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Judges would be required to report all cases of suspected false statements or misrepresentations to the South Carolina Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Division, under a prefiled bill for 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Revise Qualifications for Comp Commissioners | 12/16/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| South Carolina workers’ compensation commissioners would be required to be U.S. citizens and at least 32 under a bill filed ahead of next year’s legislative session. ...Read More | |||
