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Relating to standards for determination of loss or permanent impairment for purposes of permanent partial disability under workers’ compensation and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by Sen. Tony Bisignano (D), Sen. Matt Blake (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Zach Wahls (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D), Sen. Mike Zimmer (D)
Topics:InsuranceJobs & workers
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 26, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary When workers are injured on the job, doctors use specific medical guides to decide how much permanent disability a person has. This law changes which version of those guides must be used by requiring the most recent annual update. It also removes the requirement for the workers' compensation commissioner to officially adopt the guides through a formal rule.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, determinations of extent of loss or percentage of permanent impairment for purposes of permanent partial disability under workers’ compensation use the guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment published by the American medical association, as adopted by the workers’ compensation commissioner by rule. This bill specifies that the most recent annual update to the most recent edition of the guides shall be used. The bill strikes the requirement that the workers’ compensation commissioner adopt the guides by rule. The workers’ compensation commissioner has adopted the fifth edition of the guides, published in 2001, by rule. The most recent annual update to the most recent edition of the guides is currently the 2024 update to the sixth edition. The bill applies to determinations of extent of loss or percentage of permanent impairment for purposes of permanent partial disability under workers’ compensation occurring on or after the effective date of the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 27, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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- HF 2437 Relating to standards for determination of loss or permanent impairment for purposes of pe…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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