What's happening this week in workers' compensation? IWP's weekly legislative wrap-up, State of the States, keeps you up to date on important matters within the workers' compensation and pharmacy arena.
This week's legislative wrap-up contains updates including:
- A presumption bill that would expand workers' compensation benefits for health care workers with specific mental or emotional impairments related to COVID-19 has bipartisan support in Connecticut.
- The New York State Senate recently passed a proposal that would allow a broader range of workers who sustain mental injuries due to extraordinary work-related stress to become eligible to file for workers' compensation.
- Governor Parson signed SB 63 into law last week, making Missouri the last state in the country to establish a PDMP.
This edition includes updates from Wisconsin and the NCCI.
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