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Senate floor debate centers on injured-worker reemployment bill as critics fault study approach
Summary
Senate debate over S.B. 9 focused on whether the injured-worker reemployment bill should require rehabilitation or instead fund a two- to four-year study; proponents emphasized data gaps and a measured approach, while opponents said the study would delay needed action for workers.
Senate debate on S.B. 9, the Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act, laid out a sharp difference of view on how to promote return-to-work outcomes for workers injured on the job.
Senator Tempest, sponsor of the bill, described the measure as an effort to get injured workers back into the workforce more quickly and to gather statistical, cost and program data necessary to assess the state rehabilitation system. He said the bill was intended as a start and noted a previous bill with mandatory rehabilitation elements that was moving through the House.
Opponents on the floor, including…
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