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Friday, December 18, 2020

Pre-Filed Bill Would Give Mental Health Task Force Five Years to Finalize Recommendations

  • State: Utah
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A task force charged with studying the compensability of mental health claims filed by first responders in Utah would have until late 2025 to finalize

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

WCD Adopts Temporary Rules for New Medical Billing Codes

  • State: Oregon
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Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division adopted temporary rules implementing new medical billing codes that take effect at the start of 2021.

The division said revised rules

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

DOI to Offer Remote Proctored Exams

  • State: Idaho
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The Idaho Department of Insurance announced it started offering remote proctored exams for insurance licensing Wednesday.

While on-site testing facilities remain an option for candidates,

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

MLAC to Discuss Voc Assistance Survey, Legislative Concepts Jan. 8

  • State: Oregon
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Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee will review the results of a vocational assistance survey and discuss two bill proposals during a Jan. 8 meeting.

The proposal

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

WCAB Suspends Required Time Frames for Assignment of Walk-Through Cases

  • State: California
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The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Tuesday issued an en banc decision suspending the requirement that each district office must have a designee available

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Man Gets 4 Months in Jail After Comp Fraud Conviction

  • State: California
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A Ventura man was sentenced Monday to 120 days in jail after being convicted of workers’ compensation fraud, prosecutors said.

Sergio Ordonez, 32, pleaded guilty

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Injured Security Guard Can't Assert FEHA Claim

  • State: California
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A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured security officer's claim against his former employer for violation of the Fair Employment and Housing

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Pinnacol Nonprofit Accepting Scholarship Applications for Children of Injured Workers

  • State: Colorado
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The Pinnacol Foundation, a nonprofit entity created by Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurance carrier, is accepting scholarship applications for students whose parents were injured or

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Reinisch Wilson Weier Holding Free Webinars in January

  • State: Washington
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Workers’ compensation defense firm Reinisch Wilson Weier is hosting a series of free webinars in January covering topics that include return-to-work, subrogation and claim resolution

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

AG Asks Court to Order Amazon to Provide COVID-19 Safety Information

  • State: California
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday asked a court to order Amazon to provide information about its workplace safety practices and how it is

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