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Workers' compensation bill aims to preserve injured workers' health coverage and equalize payouts for single parents
Summary
The committee heard House Bill 17 88 on Feb. 12, 2025, which would change workers' compensation calculations to separate an employer's health‑care contribution from wage replacement and to give single parents parity with married workers in benefit calculations.
The committee heard House Bill 17 88 on Feb. 12, 2025. The bill would revise workers' compensation calculations so the employer's contribution for health care is carved out and a percentage of that contribution is provided specifically to the injured worker or to the person with legal custody of the worker's child; it also standardizes wage replacement percentages across family compositions so, for example, single parents with one child would receive the same base percentage as a married worker with no children.
Ben McCarthy, briefing the bill, explained that current law pays injured workers a percentage of total wages using a graduated chart (e.g., 60% for…
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