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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee will discuss a committee bill on workers’ compensation reform during their meeting on March 7th. An outline of the bill is attached. FIC does not yet have a copy of the exact language for the bill. When a draft bill is released, we…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Bradley filed an unfriendly workers’ compensation reform bill on March 3, 2017. The bill, SB 1582, addresses attorney fees and temporary indemnity benefits, both infirmities in the current law found in recent court decisions, but goes much further than these issues to address drastic comprehensive comp reform. The…