| Last Action | returned to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. |
| Bill Documents |
Current/Final
Introduced |
| Impact Statements | Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 1013 |
| Sponsors | A. Koenig, B. Rowland, J. DeCesare, M. Dossett, P. Pratt, S. Wells, A. Wuchner |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 342.020 to limit the obligation to pay medical benefits indefinitely for certain permanent partial disabilities; limit medical benefits to age 70 or four years after date of injury, whichever is later, except for permanent total awards or awards involving prosthetic devices which continue for as long as the employee is disabled; limit the number of urine drug screens for which an employer, insurer, or payment obligor is required to pay; amend KRS 342.035 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to develop, adopt, and implement treatment guidelines and a pharmaceutical formulary on or before December 31, 2018; amend KRS 342.040 to reduce the amount of interest paid on awards; amend KRS 342.125 to clarify that the four-year reopening window begins only from the date of the original order granting or denying benefits; amend KRS 342.185 to provide a statute of repose for cumulative trauma claims; amend KRS 342.320 to increase limitation on attorney's fees to $18,000; amend KRS 342.700 to extend subrogation recovery of medical expenses and delete reference to legal fees and expense; amend KRS 342.730 to allow payment of temporary total disability benefits to be offset for net wages paid to an employee during a period of light-duty work or work in an alternative job position; amend KRS 342.990 to conform; specify the applicability of substantive changes to claims arising on or after effective date of Act and remedial changes to all claims irrespective of injury date. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Local Mandate - Benefits, changes to amounts and duration Insurance - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Labor and Industry - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Personnel and Employment - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Workers' Compensation - Benefits, changes to amounts and duration |
| Proposed Amendments |
House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3 House Floor Amendment 4 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| 02/10/17 |
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| 02/14/17 |
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| 02/15/17 |
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| 02/16/17 |
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| 02/17/17 |
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| 02/21/17 |
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| 02/22/17 |
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| 02/23/17 |
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| 02/24/17 |
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| 03/06/17 |
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| 03/07/17 |
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| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | A. Koenig |
| Summary | Amend KRS 342.700 to require a pro-rata share of legal fees and expense to be reduced from the recovery of damages from a liable third party. |
| Index Headings |
Local Mandate - Benefits, changes to amounts and duration Insurance - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Labor and Industry - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Personnel and Employment - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Workers' Compensation - Benefits, changes to amounts and duration |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Sponsor | J. York |
| Summary | Delete original provisions; amend KRS 342.0011 to define "temporary partial disability"; amend KRS 342.020 to prescribe certain time periods for payment of medical expenses and allow for attorney fees in medical disputes; amend KRS 342.035 to set forth certain exceptions to utilization review; amend KRS 342.040 and KRS 342.990 to conform; amend KRS 342.320 to increase amount of attorney fees; amend KRS 342.730 to increase cap on income benefits, increase statutory factors for certain permanent impairments, and to adjust age at which income benefits terminate. |
| Index Headings |
Local Mandate - Benefits, changes to amounts and duration Insurance - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Labor and Industry - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Personnel and Employment - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Workers' Compensation - Benefits, changes to amounts and duration |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 3 |
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| Sponsor | A. Koenig |
| Summary | Amend KRS 342.730 to increase average weekly wage caps; amend other sections to conform. |
| Index Headings |
Local Mandate - Benefits, changes to amounts and duration Insurance - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Labor and Industry - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Personnel and Employment - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Workers' Compensation - Benefits, changes to amounts and duration |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 4 |
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| Sponsor | A. Koenig |
| Summary | Amend to indicate that medical beneifts in claims resulting in an award of permanent total disability or resulting in an amputation shall continue for so long as the employee is disabled. |
| Index Headings |
Local Mandate - Benefits, changes to amounts and duration Insurance - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Labor and Industry - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Personnel and Employment - Workers' compensation, medical expenses and procedural changes Workers' Compensation - Benefits, changes to amounts and duration |
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