E Modifying certain provisions relating to workers compensation; clarifying the exception of independent contractors from the definition of employee relating to the filing of federal income tax returns; providing for the payment of certain penalties to the commissioner of labor and industry for deposit in the special compensation fund or assigned risk safety account; providing for registered nurse representation on the medical services review board; requiring interest earned on revenue collected by the special compensation fund to be deposited into the fund; clarifying certain employer reporting and assessment payment requirements for special compensation fund reimbursement eligibility purposes; extending and expanding the collective bargaining agreements pilot program; eliminating a certain arbitrator selection requirement relating to equitable apportionment disputes; clarifying the eligibility of bomb disposal unit employees for workers compensation in disposing of or neutralizing bombs or similar hazardous explosives; requiring service of denial of liability on the employee within a certain number of days after notice to the employer; eliminating certain initial injury report content requirements relating to payments, requiring insurers and self insured employers to advise the commissioner of payment amounts and dates; repealing a certain provision providing for the role of compensation judges in the settlement of disputes and settlement conferences (ra, ja)