Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Workers' compensation; revise criteria for drug and alcohol testing, increase benefits for disfigurement, vocational rehab and death.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/15 (H) Referred To Insurance;Judiciary A | |
| 2 | 01/30 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2007 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Guice
Code Sections: A 071-0003-0121, A 071-0007-0005, A 071-0003-0017, A 071-0003-0019, A 071-0003-0025
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-121, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE CRITERIA FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING UNDER WORKERS' COMPENSATION; TO AMEND SECTION 71-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO AWARD FOR SERIOUS FACIAL OR HEAD DISFIGUREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO AWARD WHILE AN EMPLOYEE IS UNDERGOING VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE DEATH BENEFIT COMPENSATION THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO AWARD FOR DEATH; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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