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Workers' compensation bill would require lump-sum PPD payments when award becomes final or worker waives reconsideration
Summary
House Bill 2802A would change the treatment of permanent partial disability (PPD) awards by requiring insurers to make lump-sum payments when a worker requests one and the award becomes final by operation of law or the worker waives reconsideration; the bill also clarifies when lump sums are not required.
Chair Taylor opened the public hearing on House Bill 2802A. Whitney told the committee the measure, carried by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS), requires insurers to make lump-sum payments of permanent partial disability (PPD) awards in certain circumstances and clarifies exceptions.
Matt West, administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Division, described the statutory issue the bill addresses, noting that changes made in 2007 altered the…
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