Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2647

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Background

Title

Description: Workers' Compensation; clarify the exclusiveness of liability/provide penalties for bad faith claims.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/16 (S) Referred To Insurance
2 01/31 (S) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2006
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

Senate Committee:

Principal Author: Hewes

Code Section: A 071-0003-0009

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE EXCLUSIVENESS OF LIABILITY UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES ON EMPLOYERS AND CARRIERS WHO INTENTIONALLY WITHHOLD WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 01/31/06 at 17:57.

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