Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

House Bill 1521

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

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1		01/21 (H) Referred To Insurance
2		02/05 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective date		July 1, 2002
Disposition		Dead
Deadline		General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
Revenue		No
Vote type required		Majority

House Committee:

• Insurance

Principal Author: Guice

Additional Authors: Jennings, Martinson, Moore (60th)

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 02/05/02 at 17:41.

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