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Bill would clarify employer liability, reporting and medical‑privacy in workers' comp (House Bill 428)
Summary
House Bill 428 would (1) clarify which employer is liable when one employer furnishes a worker to another, (2) simplify reporting requirements, and (3) remove certain personal health information from medical status forms to protect worker privacy. The Department of Labor described a real case that exposed a statutory gap and testified the cleanup restores liability to the party controlling the work.
Representative Morgan Thiel told the committee House Bill 428 makes three technical but consequential changes to workers' compensation law: it clarifies which employer is treated as the liable employer when one employer furnishes a worker to another; it changes insurer reporting from quarterly to annual to reduce administrative burden; and…
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