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House passes broad workers’ compensation revisions, rejects on-the-floor cap on prostheses
Summary
The Utah House passed a second-substitute to H.B. 254 revising workers’ compensation rules — including codifying employer status for leased workers and requiring replacement/maintenance of prosthetic devices — after floor debate and withdrawal of a proposed $20,000 automatic cap on prostheses.
The Utah House passed a second-substitute to House Bill 254 on the workers’ compensation act, approving changes lawmakers said update decades-old code and clarify who is responsible for coverage when employee-leasing companies are used.
Sponsor Representative David Osler told colleagues the bill codifies a recent Industrial Commission rule that the client company — not the leasing company — is treated as the employer for purposes of work-history determination, tightens membership requirements for leasing companies and requires insurers or employers to provide replacement and maintenance for artificial devices lost or broken in compensable accidents.
Supporters called the measure a needed modernization. “This is…
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