12/08/2005
The chairman of the New York state's Workers' Compensation Board threw his support behind Gov. George Pataki's workers' compensation reform plan in an opinion column published by the Buffalo News on Wednesday.
"The global economy has created challenges for all states and regions across our
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07/08/2004
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America says it is pleased with the 2004 Tennessee General Assembly passage of that state's comprehensive workers' compensation reform bills S.B. 3424H.B. 3531.
"We're especially pleased with the workers' compensation bill which includes a number
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03/08/2011
reported Saturday that Rick Hill one of five Republicans in the gubernatorial race said Schweitzer could be in the hall of fame of punters.
Hill who served as chairman of the state workers compensation board in the 1990s said fixing workers' compensation is vital to the states economic recovery
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09/26/2011
Fees SMOs and IMEs attorneys Ed Strauss Matthew Tierney and Debra Parker.
Issues Outside Guideline Applications attorneys Tommy Ruli and Trent Oubre.
Friday's session involves a discussion of "2012 Workers' Compensation Reform What's the Plan" Included will be consideration of doctor choice
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12/01/2005
A coalition of labor groups on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Missouri's sweeping workers' compensation reform bill claiming the measure violates the social compact between workers and employers.
The 54-page suit filed in Cole County Circuit Court was filed by
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04/18/2012
By Bill Kidd Central Bureau Chief
Both states have universities with the initials OSU both have Republican governors and legislatures with both chambers controlled by the GOP and both have businesses clamoring for reform of their workers compensation systems.
But Oklahoma is looking at
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05/04/2004
lawyers who rake in billions of dollars each year and courts that do nothing more than rule in favor of their own relevance."
"West Virginia's courts have racked up 4 billion in underfunded liabilities for workers compensation" said Tom Schatz president of Citizens Against Government Waste
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08/27/2003
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi will be hosting a press conference with several California based company Chief Executives in a public call for workers' compensation reform today.
Attendees along with the Commissioner include
Jim Sinegal CEO & President Costco Wholesale
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03/08/2013
The first test vote over Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's plan to reform the state' workers' compensation system broke strictly along party lines according to news reports.
According to media reports the House Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee voted 4-2 in favor of House Bill 194 during a
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10/25/2007
The California Division of Workers' Compensation DWC said Wednesday its first update of audit regulations since reform legislation in 2003 is posted and available for public comment.
The proposed regulations "seek to ensure that DWC's audit procedures which have not been updated since 2003
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