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Thursday, January 27, 2022

Exclusive Remedy Bars Worker's Claim Against Property Owner for Rail Car Accident

  • State: Texas
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A Texas appellate court upheld summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim against a property owner as barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the state

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Committee Passes Bill to Repeal 2003 Initiative, Allow Workplace Ergonomics Standards

  • State: Washington
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Democrat members of the labor policy committee in the Washington state House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would repeal a 2003 voter

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

MLAC Opens Debate Over Proposal to Expand Firefighter Cancer Presumption

  • State: Oregon
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Labor advocates and firefighter representatives told members of Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee that pending legislation to expand the types of cancers that are presumed to arise

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Monday, January 24, 2022

Several States See Bills to Bar Payments for Cannabis; N.J. Measure Would Require Coverage

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Lawmakers in Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska and South Dakota are considering bills that would explicitly shield payers from reimbursing injured workers for using medical cannabis.

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Friday, January 21, 2022

Committee Passes Bill to Update Fee Schedule, Use Insolvent Carrier Data for Ratemaking

  • State: Florida
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The first fee schedule update for Florida physicians since 2016 cleared its first hurdle when it was unanimously passed by a Senate committee earlier in

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

Cost Disparities Complicate Efforts to Exempt Topical Analgesics From UR

  • by Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
  • State: California
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Some members of the committee advising the California Division of Workers’ Compensation on its prescription drug formulary would like to fast-track certain topical analgesics by

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Employers Oppose Proposal to Eliminate Marital Status From Benefit Calculation

  • by Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
  • State: Washington
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Representatives for employers in Washington said that while they agree that the state’s rules for calculating indemnity benefits could stand revision, they don’t support a

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Providers, Employers Oppose Proposal to Allow Recording IMEs

  • by Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
  • State: Washington
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Independent medical examiners on Friday said they don’t want to be recorded while evaluating injured workers, with many citing concerns that the injured workers recording

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Friday, January 14, 2022

Governor Signs Parking Lot Coverage Bill

  • State: New Jersey
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy enacted legislation that effectively abrogates a 2014 state Supreme Court decision finding a worker injured while walking from a private

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

Doctor Convicted of Comp Fraud Can't Join BWC Provider Network

  • State: Ohio
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An Ohio appellate court upheld a determination by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation that a doctor convicted of workers’ compensation fraud could not be certified

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