23RS HB 121

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Last Action	01/05/23: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to occupational disease claims.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	972
Sponsors	A. Tackett Laferty, C. Aull, G. Brown Jr., A. Gentry, P. Stevenson
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 342.125 to remove the requirement that an affected employee previously diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to coal dust must have an additional two years of employment in the Commonwealth wherein the employee was continuously exposed to the hazards of the disease in order to reopen a claim.
Index Headings of Original Version	Labor and Industry - Workers' compensation, requirements to reopen an occupational disease claim Workers' Compensation - Occupational disease, requirements to reopen a claim Coal - Miners, requirements to reopen an occupational disease claim