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Committee hears bill to expand electronic notices and modify timelines at L&I
Summary
House Bill 2406 would allow the Department of Labor and Industries to deliver certain notices electronically (with opt-in/opt-out protections) and change timing rules for electronic workers-comp orders and WISHA redeterminations; worker advocates warned about defaulting injured workers to email without clear opt-out and urged protections for vulnerable populations.
House Bill 2406 was presented to the committee on Jan. 21 as permissive modernization allowing the Department of Labor and Industries to send many statutory notices electronically while preserving the recipient's option to receive paper mail.
Staff outlined specific changes: recipients could opt into electronic notices (or choose to remain on paper); an electronically delivered workers' compensation order would become final in 65 days rather than 60 days for mailed orders;…
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