The Florida Senate

SB 1508: Workers' Compensation

GENERAL BILL by Gutman

Workers' Compensation; deletes provision that medically necessary treatment does not include chiropractic services; deletes employee's responsibility for copayment for medical services; extends time for payment of benefits for temporary total disability; increases time for payment of temporary partial disability benefits; provides employees with right to attorney in proceeding before Employee Assistance Ombudsman Off. to resolve dispute, etc. Amends Ch. 440.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/24/1999	Senate	• Prefiled
  3/2/1999	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Banking and Insurance; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00100
  4/30/1999	Senate	• Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance

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• SB 1508, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:55 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (5)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 859	Workers' Compensation	Rojas	Similar	Last Action: 4/30/1999 H Died in Committee on Insurance (CAC) Location:
  H 733	Workers' Compensation	Futch	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/1999 H Died in Committee on Insurance (CAC) Location:
  S 1410	Workers' Compensation	Grant	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/1999 S Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance Location:
  S 1420	Workers' Compensation/Chiropractors	Silver	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/1999 S Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance Location:
  S 2298	Workers' Compensation	Casas	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/1999 S Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance Location:

  Citations - Statutes (5)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  440.13	Medical services and supplies; penalty for violations; limitations.
  440.15	Compensation for disability.
  440.191	Employee Assistance and Ombudsman Office.
  440.192	Procedure for resolving benefit disputes.
  440.25	Procedures for mediation and hearings.

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