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Bill Would Double Benefit Duration for First Responders' Presumptive Cancer Claims
02/18/2022
determined by the Workers Compensation Appeals Board.
Finally the measure would reduce the time that employers have to determine liability for a claim by at least 30 days. Employers currently have to deny a claim within 90 days or the claim is presumed compensable and the presumption can be rebutted
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Resident's Injuries in Hospital Mass Shooting Didn't Arise From Employment
02/18/2022
did Timperio know the attacker and there is no evidence that the attack was based upon an employment-related animus between the two individuals or that the attack had any nexus to Timperio's employment.
While there is a statutory presumption that an assault arising in the course of employment is
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Bill Proposes Presumptive Coverage for Volunteer Firefighters, Police
02/17/2022
compensation presumptions as their full-time colleagues.
The senator also said lawmakers amended the presumption law last year but a legislative oversight left part-time and voluntary first responders on the outside looking in.
SB 877 would also add forest fire officers to the list of those covered
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ICA Proposes Rules for Cancer Claim Reporting
02/15/2022
cancer coverage to fire investigators and revised conditions that trigger the presumption. The measure also required that payers report information on firefighter cancer claims.
The rules identify information that must be reported including claim opening date closing date and reopening date the
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Report: COVID Claims Cost Three Times City's Average Comp Budget
02/14/2022
during a City Council meeting that 2021 bill SB 22 creating a presumption that COVID-19 is a work injury for first responders was at least partly responsible.
On average we usually incur about 1.3 million each year on our workers compensation claims Storrs said. So with the addition of this
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Lawmakers Aim to Create COVID Presumption Fund
02/08/2022
Lawmakers in Minnesota want to create a workers compensation COVID-19 presumption reimbursement fund in the state treasury to reimburse employees in job classifications not entitled to the states presumption for workers exposed to COVID on the job.
SF 2955 by Sen. Jason Isaacson D-Shoreview
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Governor Extends COVID Presumption
02/07/2022
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed into law a bill extending for another year the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for frontline workers.
Walz on Friday enacted HF 1203 by Rep. Dan Wolgamott D-St. Cloud to reinstate the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for doctors nurses police
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WCIRB's Governing Committee to Discuss Including COVID Claims in X-Mods
02/04/2022
more is understood about the transmission of COVID-19 workplace safety protocols are better established in consideration of the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccinations California Senate Bill 1159 has been in effect since September 2020 specifying when a worker has a rebuttable presumption of
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Extension of COVID-19 Presumption First Bill Passed in Session
02/04/2022
The first bill Minnesota lawmakers passed since returning to the Capitol at the end of January would extend the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for frontline workers.
Gov. Tim Walz in April 2021 signed a bill extending through the end of the year the presumption covering doctors
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Bill Would Extend COVID Presumption by Two Years
02/03/2022
Californias presumption that COVID-19 is compensable under certain circumstances would be extended by two years under a bill introduced by the chairman of the Assembly Insurance Committee.
Assemblyman Tom Daly
Assemblyman Tom Daly D-Anaheim on Tuesday introduced AB 1751 which would
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