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Sacramento, CA — The California Senate Rules Committee recently voted unanimously to confirm the appointment of Christine Baker as the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Also receiving unanimous approval for confirmation was Rosa Moran as the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation… [Continue Reading]
Sacramento, CA – The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) recently applauded the California Senate Rules Committee’s confirmation of Christine Baker as director of the Department of Industrial Relations and Rosa Moran as administrative director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation. The Senate Rules Committee voted… [Continue Reading]
Oklahoma City, OK – State Chamber President Fred Morgan comments below on HB 2155 being dead for this legislative year. The bill would have allowed Oklahoma employers to offer alternative workers’ compensation insurance to their employees, as long as the benefits were similar to the state’s plan: “Oklahoma’s high workers’ compensation… [Continue Reading]
Columbus, OH – The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) presented a plan to hold next year’s statewide average base premium rate for private employers paying into Ohio’s workers’ compensation system at the current level. If approved by the BWC Board of Directors at their next meeting in May, the plan would extend… [Continue Reading]
Washington, D.C. – The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) today applauded House leaders for introducing H.R. 5284, the bipartisan Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2012 that includes important reforms for the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) system to help many… [Continue Reading]
Latham, NY – Seventy-eight percent of respondents to a new survey of New York State municipalities report that their workers’ compensation costs have increased since 2007, when New York State passed the Workers’ Comp Reform Act, despite cost reduction as a key goal. More than half of all respondents said that their public entity’s workers’ compensation… [Continue Reading]
Washington, D.C. – The American Insurance Association (AIA) recently applauded the introduction of bipartisan legislation, “The Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers’ Compensation Settlement Agreement Act of 2012,” by Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA). The bill aims to resolve… [Continue Reading]
Springfield, IL – The Illinois Auditor General’s Office has recently released their audit of the Workers’ Compensation Program as it applies to State employees, identifying what the auditor referred to as “numerous shortcomings in both the structure and operations” of the workers’ compensation program… [Continue Reading]
Columbus, OH – Ohio employers will soon have an opportunity to select a new managed care organization (MCO) to manage health-care services for workers injured on the job. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) offers an open enrollment period every two years to allow employers to evaluate the services of… [Continue Reading]
Frankfort, KY – Calling it “a critical bill for the health and safety of Kentuckians,” Governor Steve Beshear recently signed House Bill 1 – robust legislation designed to reduce the destructive impact of prescription drug abuse on Kentucky families. “This bill is a huge accomplishment that will save Kentuckians’ lives as we battle the scourge of prescription drug abuse… [Continue Reading]
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