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  • State: Texas
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The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation said compliance and investigations audits in 2026 will focus on timeliness and accuracy of benefit payments, reimbursement for medical

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  • State: South Carolina
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The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission announced that Kristen McRee was appointed executive director, effective Nov. 1.

McRee joined the commission in March 2021 as a

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  • State: Mississippi
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The Mississippi Supreme Court determined that the state Department of Transportation was entitled to immunity from civil liability for the death of an employee of

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  • State: California
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California lawmakers voted to send Gov. Gavin Newsom bills expanding workers’ compensation coverage for farmworkers with heat injuries and dependents of fallen first responders.

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States continued to consider proposals to expand the acceptance of mental injuries in workers' compensation this year, according to a report by the National Council

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  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a decision by the Board of Review that found an insurance carrier did not have to pay a Centers

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  • State: Pennsylvania
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker does not need to submit evidence that he is not entitled to workers’ compensation in

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  • State: California
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A California appeals court last week ordered publication of its decision from earlier this month, finding that a maintenance worker injured while boarding a vessel

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  • State: Oregon
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The reimbursement rate for injured workers who travel to medical appointments is increasing to 70 cents per mile from 67 cents per mile, effective Jan.

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  • State: Michigan
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A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s disability discrimination claims.

Jay Pemberton worked for Bell’s Brewery Inc. He injured his

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