Legislative Session number- 88

Bill Name: SF1603

Relating to workers compensation; 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;
specifying health care provider payment fulfillment; 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
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