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This bill modifies various provisions related to workers' compensation in Missouri. Key changes include: 1. Allowing shareholders of S corporations with at least 40% ownership to individually elect to reject workers' compensation coverage. 2. Establishing a rebuttable presumption that an injury was caused by the use of non-prescribed controlled drugs if certain testing conditions are met. 3. Disqualifying employees from receiving temporary total or partial disability benefits if they voluntarily separate from employment when the employer had work available within the employee's medical restrictions. 4. Revising the distribution of compensation payments under the Line of Duty Compensation Act to survivors of law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, air ambulance pilots/nurses, and firefighters killed in the line of duty. 5. Clarifying the standard for when an employer's discrimination against an employee for exercising rights under the workers' compensation law is considered a "motivating factor". Overall, the bill makes several adjustments to workers' compensation rules and benefits in Missouri.

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https://www.senate.mo.gov/17info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=57095302