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Senate debates HB 23 over workers' compensation 'exclusive remedy' concerns but advances bill to third reading
Summary
HB 23 would extend workers' compensation coverage for certain work-experience and training participants (health-care only, not long-term disability). Supporters say it preserves training programs; opponents warned the change could undermine the exclusive-remedy system and shift costs to state subsistence. The Senate voted to read the bill for the third time.
Senator Jenkins moved to uncircle and explain House Bill 23, which would allow certain work-experience or training individuals to be covered under the Department of Workforce Services' workers' compensation fund for health-care costs but not for long-term disability.
Senator Maine and other senators raised concerns that the measure could chip away at Utah’s traditional "exclusive…
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