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2000 SESSION
HB 577 Workers' compensation; disability from pneumoconiosis.
Introduced by: Clarence E. (Bud) Phillips | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Workers' compensation; disability from pneumoconiosis. Requires that the members of any panel or committee required to interpret or classify a chest roentgenogram for purposes of diagnosing a coal worker's pneumoconiosis shall be approved B-readers. A list of approved B-readers is compiled by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health pursuant to federal regulations on specifications for medical examinations for underground coal miners.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Workers' compensation; disability from pneumoconiosis. Requires that the members of any panel or committee required to interpret or classify a chest roentgenogram for purposes of diagnosing a coal worker's pneumoconiosis shall be approved B-readers. A list of approved B-readers is compiled by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health pursuant to federal regulations on specifications for medical examinations for underground coal miners.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Workers' compensation; disability from pneumoconiosis. Requires that the members of any panel or committee required to interpret or classify a chest roentgenogram for purposes of diagnosing a coal worker's pneumoconiosis shall be approved B-readers. A list of approved B-readers is compiled by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health pursuant to federal regulations on specifications for medical examinations for underground coal miners.