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House passes amended workers' compensation reform bill after contested amendments and close final vote
Summary
House Bill 175, addressing the State Workers' Compensation Fund's authority, auditing and a study of privatization, cleared the House after members adopted multiple amendments including independent financial-analysis requirements and limits on out-of-state sales; the amended measure passed the final floor vote narrowly (55-50).
Representative Jeff Alexander introduced HB 175, a broad bill responding to interim work on workers' compensation that would extend a moratorium on the fund selling non-workers' compensation insurance, permit establishment of subsidiaries to serve out-of-state markets, revise auditing rules, and create a blue-ribbon…
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