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03/20/2023
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Comp Bills on Agenda for March 22 Hearing
03/07/2023
The California Assembly Insurance Committee is scheduled to hear testimony March 22 on bills that would allow work comp carriers to continue paying benefits with prepaid debit cards and add San Diego boat safety officers to the list of first responders eligible for a presumption that certain
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Bill Would Require Employers to Reprocess First Responder COVID-19 Claims
03/01/2023
Texas employers would have to reprocess COVID-19 claims filed by first responders who were denied before a presumption was enacted in 2021 under legislation introduced in the state House of Representatives Tuesday.
House Bill 2926 by Rep. Chris Turner D-Grand Prairie would require insurance
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Privette Doctrine Shields Cheese Manufacturer From Liability for Delivery Driver's Injuries
02/24/2023
independent contractor from recovering damages from the hirer of the contractor for a work site injury. Since contractors typically are expected to perform the contracted work more safely than hirers the court added there is a strong presumption that a hirer of an independent contractor delegates all
Category: News
Bills Would Allow Workers to Choose Treating Doctor, Revise Firefighter Presumptions
02/23/2023
need 10 years of service to qualify for the testicular cancer presumption and 15 years for the cervical cancer presumption.
The bill was referred to the Senate Business Labor and Economic Affairs Committee for consideration.
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Bill Would Expand PTSD Comp Presumptions
02/22/2023
Vermont lawmakers are proposing to expand workers' compensation eligibility to additional classes of state employees diagnosed with job-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
Police officers firefighters and ambulance workers are already covered under the states PTSD presumption. House Bill
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Injured Worker's Retaliatory Termination Claim
02/22/2023
this was enough to create a presumption of retaliation.
However the court said the Wright-Way entities rebutted the presumption by showing they had a legitimate non-retaliatory reason for his termination.
The court further found there was no evidence that this reason was pretextual as there
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Lawmakers Seek System Studies, More Presumptions
02/21/2023
transfer treatment to an MPN provider.
Finally lawmakers introduced measures that would create a new post-traumatic stress disorder presumption and presume some injuries are compensable for hospital workers.
AB 1145 by Assemblymember Brian Maienschein D-San Diego would add a new Labor Code
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Bill Would Apply PTSD Presumption to Workers at Dept. of Corrections
02/17/2023
Some California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation workers would be eligible for a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable injury under recently introduced legislation.
Assemblyman Devon Mathis
Assemblyman Devon Mathis R-Visalia introduced AB 1107 on
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First Responder PTSD Presumption Bill Filed
02/16/2023
would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is proximately caused by employment for law enforcement officers and emergency services first responders if a physician or psychologist determines the diagnosis is work-related.
PTSD must result in physical impairment primary or
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