Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Workers' Compensation; provide employers with certain rights and revise methods of determining payment of claims.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/12 (H) Referred To Insurance | |
| 2 | 02/01 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2005 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Guice
Additional Author: Formby
Code Sections: A 071-0003-0007, A 071-0003-0015, A 071-0003-0025, A 071-0003-0035
Title: AN ACT TO DISQUALIFY CERTAIN INCARCERATED WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMANTS FROM ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PREEXISTING CONDITIONS DO NOT HAVE TO BE OCCUPATIONALLY DISABLING FOR APPORTIONMENT TO APPLY IN A WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN MEDICAL INFORMATION SHALL BE EQUALLY ACCESSIBLE BY EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION CASES; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYER THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE AN AUTOPSY IN CERTAIN DEATH CASES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE EMPLOYER UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN AN EMPLOYEE RESIGNS, HIS EMPLOYMENT IS TERMINATED OR HE IS LAID OFF, A COMPENSABLE CLAIM MAY BE MAINTAINED ONLY IF THE EMPLOYER HAS RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE INJURY BEFORE THE TERMINATION DATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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