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Senate committee adopts strike‑all and reports S.173 on workers' compensation
Summary
The Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs adopted a strike‑all amendment to S.173 addressing vocational rehabilitation screening and created a working group to study timeliness and cost‑effectiveness. The committee voted to report the bill with the amendment.
The Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs on Feb. 19 adopted a strike‑all amendment to S.173, an act concerning workers' compensation and the labor relations board, and voted to report the bill out of committee.
Staff explained the strike‑all (Draft 2.1) removes a mandatory initial vocational rehabilitation screening, instead allowing injured workers to initiate rehabilitation services if not receiving them within 90 days. The…
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