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2002 SESSION

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HB 763 Workers' compensation; bad faith nonpayment of claims, etc.

Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Workers' compensation; bad faith nonpayment of claims; claims administration. Requires an employer who denies, fails or refuses to pay a claim to pay interest on the amount due at double the judgment rate from the date the employer denied, failed or refused to make the payment, if the Workers' Compensation Commission finds that the denial, refusal or failure to pay was not made in good faith. The measure also requires the Commission, by July 1, 2003, to institute an expedited calendar for the administration of workers' compensation claims where an employer's denial of benefits is alleged to cause an injured employee to incur severe economic hardship.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 026050980  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 026050980
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/22/02  House: Stricken at request of Patron in C. & L. (22-Y 0-N)