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MN HF2988
MN HF29882023 Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee recommendations adopted, workers' compensation self-insurance modified, system efficiencies improved, permanent partial disability schedule modified, post-traumatic stress disorder study and report required, housekeeping changes made, and money appropriated.
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Introduced
03/20/2023
03/20/2023
In Committee
05/12/2023
05/12/2023
Crossed Over
05/09/2023
05/09/2023
Passed
05/18/2023
05/18/2023
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/19/2023
05/19/2023
Introduced Session
93rd Legislature 2023-2024
Bill Summary
A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; adopting recommendations of the 2023 Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee; modifying workers' compensation self-insurance; improving system efficiencies; modifying the permanent partial disability schedule; requiring a post-traumatic stress disorder study and report; making housekeeping changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 79A.01, subdivision 4; 79A.04, subdivisions 7, 9, 10, 16, by adding a subdivision; 79A.08; 79A.13; 79A.24, subdivision 4; 79A.25, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 176.011, subdivision 11a, by adding a subdivision; 176.081, subdivision 1; 176.101, subdivision 2a; 176.102, subdivision 3; 176.111, subdivision 16, by adding a subdivision; 176.135, subdivisions 1, 1a, 7; 176.1362, subdivision 1; 176.1364, subdivision 3; 176.155, subdivision 1; 176.239, subdivisions 6, 7; 176.291; 176.305, subdivision 4; 176.331; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 176.1364, subdivision 6; 176.223.
AI Summary
This bill adopts recommendations of the 2023 Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee, modifies workers' compensation self-insurance requirements, improves system efficiencies, modifies the permanent partial disability schedule, requires a post-traumatic stress disorder study and report, makes housekeeping changes, and appropriates money. Key provisions include allowing the commissioner to call a self-insured employer's security deposit if the employer files for bankruptcy, establishing new timelines and procedures for nonemergency surgeries, increasing permanent partial disability benefit amounts, and requiring a study on improving experiences and outcomes for employees with work-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Government Affairs
Sponsors (3)
Last Action
Secretary of State Chapter 51 (on 05/19/2023)
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