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2002 SESSION
HB 761 Workers' compensation; administration of claims.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Workers' compensation; claims administration. 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 satisfies criteria establishing that the delay will cause an injured employee to incur severe economic hardship.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/02 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 026052980 pdf
- 01/25/02 House: Printed as engrossed 026052980-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/14/02 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB761ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/02 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 026052980
- 01/09/02 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/22/02 House: Reported from C. & L. with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/02 House: Read first time
- 01/25/02 House: Read second time
- 01/25/02 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/25/02 House: Title replaced
- 01/25/02 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/25/02 House: Printed as engrossed 026052980-E
- 01/28/02 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/02 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/02 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 01/28/02 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/02 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/02 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/29/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/02 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 03/04/02 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/02 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/02 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/02 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/02 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/14/02 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB761ER)
- 03/18/02 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/02 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/02 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/05/02 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 538 (effective 7/1/02)
- 04/08/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538)