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Committee advances increase to WSI home and vehicle adaptation caps after agency support
Summary
House Bill 1423 would raise WSI’s caps for home adaptations and motor-vehicle modifications for severely injured workers; WSI staff told lawmakers the agency supports raising the caps and asked that any CPI adjustments be rounded to the nearest $500.
House Bill 1423 would raise the statutory caps that Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI) may pay for adaptations to an injured worker’s home and purchase or adaptation of motor vehicles. Sponsor Representative Cynthia Schreiberbeck said the real-estate adaptation cap would rise from $75,000 to $150,000 and the motor-vehicle adaptation cap from $150,000 to $200,000 under the amendment presented to the committee. The sponsor said several claimants…
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