SF 2844 Senate Long Description
E Modifying certain provisions regulating workers compensation; + modifying the presumption of occupational disease in certain emergency worker cases+ and expanding the definition of personal injury to injury or disease +resulting from vaccines in response to federal declarations of actual or potential +health risks relating to employment; eliminating the requirement for +insurers and self insured employers to file annual statements with the commissioner of +labor and industry on legal fees and costs incurred; clarifying a certain +provision providing for parents as guardians; modifying the definition of paid +indemnity losses and standard workers compensation premium for special +compensation fund purposes and modifying and clarifying certain assessment and employer+ reporting requirements; authorizing employers to designate pharmacies to be +used by employees to obtain outpatient prescriptions and authorizing and +providing for employer contracts for the cost of medication provided to employees, +requiring federal food and drug administration (FDA) approval of certain +medical devices for compensability purposes; authorizing health care provider +electronic submission of bills to insurers; modifying certain managed care +dispute resolution procedures; authorizing certified managed care plans to +offer peer or utilization review, case management and dispute resolution +functions as optional components to insurers and self insured employers; +authorizing and providing for alternative workers compensation benefits for employees+ under certain conditions, expiration date; extending the expiration date of+ the pilot program relating to collective bargaining agreements; +specifying certain additional content requirements for notices of coverage cancellation; eliminating the requirement for first report of injury forms to +include an employer compensation payment declaration (mk, ja)