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Monday, February 3, 2020

Home-Based and Direct Sellers Would Be Independent Contractors if Gov. Signs Bill

by William Rabb (Reporter)
State: Kentucky
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Kentucky in 2018 became one of the first states to exempt some types of gig workers from workers' compensation requirements.

Rep. Phillip Pratt

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Monday, February 3, 2020

Lawmakers Hear Testimony on Bills to Eliminate Benefit Waiting Period, Limit IMEs

by Tonika Reed (Reporter)
State: Washington
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Lawmakers in Washington state this year will consider measures that would limit the number of independent medical exams injured workers could be forced to attend,

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Friday, January 31, 2020

EMT, Law Enforcement Presumption Passes Committee

State: New Mexico
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A committee in the New Mexico House of Representatives on Thursday voted 3-2 to pass a bill that would give emergency medical technicians and law

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Friday, January 31, 2020

Busiest Attorneys Billing Far Less Than in Recent Years, Database Shows

by William Rabb (Reporter)
State: Texas
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The top-billing workers' compensation attorneys in Texas billed considerably less in 2019 than in each of the two previous years, but some amounts of billable

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Thursday, January 30, 2020

State Ranks Highest in Satisfaction With Medical Care, but Attorneys Cite Delays

by William Rabb (Reporter)
State: Connecticut
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Most injured workers in Connecticut appear satisfied with their medical care, but many in some Southern states reported problems with their workers' compensation systems.

That's

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Fee Schedule Changes Would Mean More for Most, but Not All, Medical Services

by William Rabb (Reporter)
State: Oklahoma
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A nonprofit consulting company has recommended extensive changes to Oklahoma's medical fee schedule for the first time in years, including an increase in conversion factors

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Senator Calls System 'Corrupt' for Endorsing Law as Written, Not as Intended

by Tonika Reed (Reporter)
State: Arizona
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An Arizona Senate committee this week unanimously passed a bill that would add two types of cancers to the list of conditions presumed to arise

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Senate Passes 'Employment Presumption' Misclassification Bill With Stiff Penalties

by William Rabb (Reporter)
State: Virginia
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In a sign that more states are getting serious about misclassification, the Virginia Senate on Monday approved a bill that would stiffen penalties when companies

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

New Governor Restores Safety Board That Bevin Had Abolished

by William Rabb (Reporter)
State: Kentucky
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Kentucky's new Democratic governor has restored a workplace safety standards board that his Republican predecessor had eliminated as wasteful and unnecessary.

Gov. Andy

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