Bill > HB2983

This bill modifies existing workers' compensation laws in Missouri to allow for the payment of accrued but unpaid compensation to family members when an injured employee dies and has no dependents. Previously, such payments would go to the deceased employee's personal representative if there were no dependents. The bill defines "family member" broadly to include adult children, parents, grandparents, siblings, adult next of kin, or the conservator of a dependent child. This change aims to ensure that compensation reaches the deceased employee's close relatives even if they don't formally qualify as dependents under other sections of the law, and it specifically overturns a previous court ruling that had a different interpretation of these payment provisions.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2983&year=2026&code=R