CS/HB 7085: Workers' Compensation
GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee ; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee ; Burgess ; Trumbull ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Boyd ; Hager ; La Rosa ; Plakon
Workers' Compensation; Requires Governor, or CFO in certain circumstances, to appoint member to fill vacancy on panel that establishes workers’ compensation schedules within specified timeframe; requires panel to annually adopt statewide schedules of maximum reimbursement allowances; extends timeframes in which employees may receive certain workers’ compensation benefits & in which carrier must notify treating doctor of certain requirements; revises provisions relating to retainer agreements & awarding attorney fees.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/21/2017 | House |
• Filed • Introduced -HJ 397 |
| 3/24/2017 | House |
• Referred to Commerce Committee -HJ 458 |
| 3/27/2017 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 03/29/17, 8:30 am, Webster Hall -- Removed from Meeting Agenda |
| 4/4/2017 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/06/17, 1:30 pm, Webster Hall |
| 4/6/2017 | House |
• CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 9 -HJ 616 |
| 4/11/2017 | House |
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c) • CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time -HJ 615 |
| 4/12/2017 | House |
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 632 |
| 4/13/2017 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/17 |
| 4/18/2017 | House |
• Read 2nd time -HJ 698 • Amendment(s) failed (684061, 717177, 735145, 952503) -HJ 699 • Amendment(s) adopted (360611, 759369) -HJ 699 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 4/19/2017 | House |
• Read 3rd time -HJ 724 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 82 NAYS 37 -HJ 724 |
| 4/20/2017 | Senate |
• In Messages • Referred to Rules -SJ 462 |
| 4/25/2017 | Senate |
• Received -SJ 462 |
| 5/5/2017 | Senate |
• Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 884 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 884 • Substituted for CS/SB 1582 -SJ 884 • Read 2nd time -SJ 884 • Amendment(s) adopted (473190) -SJ 890 • Read 3rd time -SJ 898 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 21 NAYS 16 -SJ 898 |
| 5/5/2017 | House |
• In returning messages • Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) adopted (912973) -HJ 1179, 1186 • Concurred in Senate amendment(s) as amended (473190) -HJ 1172 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 76 NAYS 43 -HJ 1186 |
| 5/5/2017 | Senate |
• In returning messages • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in returning Messages |
781309 - Amendment to Amendment (915137)