3E Relating to workers' compensation

ARTICLE 1 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION DEPARTMENT PROPOSALS

Modifying certain workers compensation provisions relating to determinations of coverage, rehabilitation consultants and vendors disciplinary actions, and scope of administrative conferences actions for certain medical treatment, special compensation fund reimbursements, access to certain medical data, receipts for payment of compensation audits, and claim settlement procedure

ARTICLE 2 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION ADVISORY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS

Expanding the definition of occupational disease and personal injury to include mental impairment; defining mental impairment; specifying compensable injury conditions; modifying legal services fees limitation; specifying legal disbursements additional award applicability; modifying temporary total disability; defining job placement to include job development and specifying a limit; regulating registered rehabilitation consultant case management services; requiring timely administrative conferences on rehabilitation issues; limiting employer liability prevailing charges; modifying benefit adjustment; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to development rules establishing standards and procedures for criteria for long-term opioid and scheduled pain medication use; requiring the commissioner to implement a temporary patient advocate program for certain employees with back injuries; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to study the effectiveness and costs of potential reforms and barriers within the workers' compensation carrier and health care provider reimbursement system
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