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Senate Passes Hospital Worker Presumption
02/02/2022
The California Senate passed a bill that would create a presumption that certain conditions and injuries are compensable for hospital workers.
At the same time the latest effort to create a single-payer health care system died without a vote in the Assembly.
The Senate on Monday voted 21-9
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Hospital Worker Presumption Amended to ID Covered Cancers
01/27/2022
Legislation that would create a presumption that certain diseases post-traumatic stress disorder and musculoskeletal injuries are compensable for some California hospital workers was amended to identify types of cancer that would also be covered.
Sen. Dave Cortese D-San Jose on Tuesday
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MLAC Opens Debate Over Proposal to Expand Firefighter Cancer Presumption
01/25/2022
members of the advisory panel that there is no scientific evidence to support expanding the list of cancers covered by the presumption. During a meeting Friday they asked that MLAC members not endorse Legislative Concept 96 without good evidence proving a causal link between firefighting and the cancers
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Bill Would Revise Embattled Hanford Presumption to Cover All 'Exposed Workers'
01/19/2022
All workers exposed to radiological hazardous waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation would be covered by a presumption that certain conditions are compensable under legislation introduced Tuesday in the Washington Legislature.
Senate Bill 5890 by Sen. Karen Keiser D-Des Moines would
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Gov. Reinstates Public Health Emergency, Activating Presumption
01/13/2022
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy reinstated a public health emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that will activate a workers compensation presumption under a bill the governor enacted in 2020.
Murphy on Wednesday cited the rapidly spreading omicron variant in issuing Executive Order No
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Committee Passes MPN Identification Bill
01/12/2022
proposes a presumption that certain conditions are compensable for members of the Boating and Safety Unit of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
The committee voted 9-0 to pass AB 399 by Assemblyman Rudy Salas D-Bakersfield.
In cases where an employer objects to an injured workers selection of a
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Rand Corp. Paper IDs COVID-19 Comp Considerations for Policymakers
01/12/2022
tests positive or is diagnosed with the disease. In at least states Mississippi North Dakota and Washington the presumption is triggered when a worker is ordered to quarantine by an employer because of suspected COVID-19 exposure.
Dworsky and Saunders-Medina note that payers are accepting COVID
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SCOTUS Agrees to Review Hanford Worker Presumption Case
01/11/2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case involving a state law in Washington that created a presumption of compensability for certain conditions suffered by federal workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
Gov. Jay Inslee in 2018 enacted House Bill 1723 which created a
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Bills Propose Presumption Against Voluntary Withdrawal From Labor Market
01/11/2022
New York law would presume that an injured worker who has not refused an offer of reemployment has not voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market u
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Court Clarifies Burden on Firefighters Seeking Benefits for Occupational Diseases
01/07/2022
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania clarified the burden of proof on a firefighter seeking benefits for an occupational disease as well as the application of a statutory presumption that his condition arose out of his employment.
Peter DiLaqua began working for the City of Philadelphia Fire
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