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Panel hears bill to speed lump-sum payments for permanent partial disability awards
Summary
MADAM CHAIR GRABER — The committee heard House Bill 2,802 on Feb. 23, a workers' compensation measure that would require an insurer to make a lump-sum payment of a permanent partial disability award when an injured worker waives reconsideration of a notice of closure or the award is final by operation of law, subject to exceptions.
MADAM CHAIR GRABER — The committee heard House Bill 2,802 on Feb. 23, a workers' compensation measure that would require an insurer to make a lump-sum payment of a permanent partial disability (PPD) award when an injured worker waives reconsideration of a notice of closure or when the award is final by operation of law, subject to specified exceptions.
Division explanation: Matt West, interim administrator of the Workers' Compensation Division, told the committee the bill corrects an unintended consequence of a 2023 Court of Appeals interpretation that left some workers waiting up to 60 days for appeal rights to expire before obtaining…
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