Workers' Compensation Legislation 2007 - 2008 Session

Massachusetts Worker' Compensation Advisory Council
Proposed Workers' Compensation Legislation for the 2007-2008 Legislative Session

WORKERS' COMPENSATION LEGISLATION
Before the Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development - 2007-2008 Legislative Session

HOUSE BIILS:
H.1069    Similar      Third Party Lawsuits - Protecting Employee Leasing Companies
H.1776    Refile         Lump Sum Settlements - Approval
H.1777    Refile        Scar-Based Disfigurement
H.1796     Refile       Serious & Willful Misconduct - Intoxication
H.1807     NEW        Rehear Appeal of Chester Ostrowski
H.1816     Refile       Widow's Benefits
H.1817     Refile       Third Party Lawsuits - Protecting Leasing Companies
H.1825     Refile       Attorneys Fees - Agreements to Pay Benefits - Temp. Total - Perm. Total
H.1826     Refile       Appointment of Impartial Physicians - Impartial Fees
H.1827     Refile       Average Weekly Wage - Attorney Fees - Last Best Offer
H.1828     Similar     Workers' Compensation - Comprehensive
H.1833     NEW        Benefits for Environmental Police Officers
H.1839     NEW        Workers' Compensation Insurance Premiums - Audits
H.1840     Refile       Insurance Rates - Loss Cost - Competition
H.1856     Refile       Exemption of Non-Profit Entities
H.1857     Refile       Private Right of Action to Recover WC Payments
H.1861     Refile       Workers' Compensation - Comprehensive
H.1862     Refile       Scar-Based Disfigurement - Burial Expenses - Partial Disability
H.1864     Refile       Rate of Payment by Insurers for Health Care Services
H.1865     Refile       Termination or Modification of Benefits - Impartial Medical Exams
H.1866*    Similar    Safe Workplaces for Employees of the Commonwealth
H.2407*    NEW        Prohibiting sale of Highly Flammable Floor Finishing Products
H.3195*    Similar    Public Records Exemption - Home Address of Injured Employees
H.3460      NEW       Election to Receive WC benefits or Pension - MBTA Employees
H.3795      Refile      Extension of Temporary Total Benefits
H.3796      Refile      Workers' Compensation Dependency Benefits - Increase
H.4170      Redraft    Burial Expenses

SENATE BILLS:
S. 185 *     Refile      Regulations for Licensing of Floor Finishers, Sanders & Installers
S.1056     Refile      Scar-Based Disfigurement 
S.1060     Refile      Scar-Based Disfigurement  
S.1061     Refile      Widow's Benefits
S.1066     Refile      Private Right of Action to Recover WC Coverage Payments
S.1076      Refile     Workers' Compensation - Comprehensive
S.1079      Refile     Benefits for Members of the Armed Services or National Guard
S.1080      NEW      Definition of "Proceeding" for Purposes of Chapter 152
S.1081      NEW      Definition of "Proceeding" for Purposes of Illegal or Fraudulent Conduct
S.1082      NEW      Authority for AJs to Determine Fraudulent Acts by Parties
S.1088*     Similar  Safe Workplaces for Employees of the Commonwealth
S.1097      NEW      Actions Not Based on Reasonable Grounds - Contesting Perm. & Tot.
S.1099      NEW      Workers' Compensation Penalties - Uninsured Employers
S.1100      Refile     Employer Fines Reduction - Preferential Hiring - Corporate Officers
S.1103      Refile     Benefits for State Social Workers Resulting from Acts of Violence
S.1111      NEW      Increasing Criminal Penalties for Failure to Provide WC Insurance
S.1112      NEW      Falsifying or Forging WC Certificates & Declarations
S.2289      Redraft  Scar-Based Disfigurement

* These bills are not before the Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development.
* BOLD legislation represents bills endorsed by the Advisory Council.