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Latest Action: 06/11/2007 - Received from House, Referred to Senate Delayed Bills Comm. Bill TextGeneral Assembly, Studies - Creates a joint legislative study committee on issues relating to workers' compensation. - Fiscal Summary for *HJR0554Increase State Expenditures - $2,700 Each One Day Meeting Bill Summary for *HJR0554 ON JUNE 7, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND ADOPTED HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 554, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 reduces the number of members on the joint legislative study committee on issues relating to workers' compensation from 10 to eight by removing one member of the house of representatives and one member of the senate. AMENDMENT #2 adds a requirement that the special joint study committee study the effect of the use of Medicare reimbursement rates as the basis for the Medical Fee Schedule and the impact that the Medical Fee Schedule has had to date on both injured workers and providers.
Latest Action: 06/11/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextPensions and Retirement Benefits - Excludes attorney fees and other non-medical fees from coordination of disability retirement benefits with workers' compensation awards. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *SB0398Increase State Expenditures - $161,600 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - $71,800 Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal/Other Expenditures - $53,900 Bill Summary for *SB0398 Under present law, if a TCRS member is receiving payments from the division of claims administration or workers' compensation, the disability retirement allowance payable to that member is reduced so that the disability retirement allowance, together with payments from the division of claims administration and workers' compensation, does not exceed 75 percent of the member's average final compensation. If the member is receiving the minimum ordinary disability retirement allowance, that allowance is reduced so that [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0253. Workers' Compensation - Excludes aliens from workers' compensation benefits unless such alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence or was otherwise lawfully residing in the United States at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB0073 / SB0253(CORRECTED) MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB0073 / SB0253 This bill excludes aliens from eligibility for workers' compensation benefits, unless: (1) The alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time the services were performed, during the course and scope of which the injury occurred; (2) The alien was lawfully present for the purposes of performing the services, during the course and scope of which the injury occurred; or (3) The alien was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextWorkers' Compensation - Increases the maximum charge that a physician may impose for a medical report in a workers' compensation case from $10.00 to $20.00. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB0247 / SB0313Increase State Expenditures - $5,000/Risk Management Fund Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $5,000*
Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 330 Bill TextWorkers' Compensation - Corrects cross-reference to definition section in the provision limiting the maximum total benefit. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-102 and Section 50-6-205. Fiscal Summary for *HB0278 / SB1672MINIMAL
Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 522 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0445. Workers' Compensation - Imposes various requirements on contracting agents who sell, lease, assign, transfer, or convey their lists of contracted health care providers and their contracted reimbursement rate; applies under the Worker's Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-204. Fiscal Summary for HB0454 / *SB0445 Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $155,000/ Risk Management Fund Other Fiscal Impact - Forgo savings which exceed $179,000 to the Risk Management Fund. Forgo Savings to local governments which exceed $1,000,000 Bill Summary for HB0454 / *SB0445 Present law authorizes the commissioner of labor and workforce development, in consultation with the medical care and cost containment committee and the advisory council on workers' compensation, to establish by rule a comprehensive medical fee schedule for fees [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextWorkers' Compensation - Removes as non-voting ex-officio members of the advisory council on workers' compensation both the chair and vice chair of the special joint committee on workers' compensation and replaces them with the chair or co-chairs of the senate commerce labor and agriculture committee and the house consumer and employee affairs committee. - Amends TCA Title 50 and 56. Fiscal Summary for *HB0595 / SB1043MINIMAL
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextWorkers' Compensation - Sets the maximum total benefit to which an injured worker may be entitled for injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2007, at 400 times 100 percent of the state's average weekly wage, except for instances of temporary total disability and permanent total disability. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB0613Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $3,500/Risk Management Fund Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $3,500*
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0857. Workers' Compensation - Establishes a conclusive presumption that a beryllium employee, employee with cancer or silicosis, or other employee covered under the federal Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act has an occupational disease for purposes of state workers' compensation claim and employee or dependent is entitled to benefits; prohibits employers from raising defenses of notice, causation, or statute of limitations; places certain limits on claims; prohibits state or local government employees from making claims. - Amends TCA Title 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB0643 / SB0857Other Fiscal Impact - No direct impact on state or local governments. The University of Tennessee (UT) earns a fifty percent share of the management fee for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) through its fifty percent ownership of UT-Battelle, [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0366. Workers' Compensation - Excludes aliens from workers' compensation benefits unless such alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence or was otherwise lawfully residing in the United States at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB0655 / *SB0366(CORRECTED) MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB0655 / *SB0366 This bill excludes aliens from eligibility for workers' compensation benefits, unless: (1) The alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time the services were performed, during the course and scope of which the injury occurred; (2) The alien was lawfully present for the purposes of performing the services, during the course and scope of which the injury occurred; or (3) The alien was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Sponsor change. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3500. Treasurer, State - Removes requirement for treasurer to maintain a separate reserve in the criminal injuries compensation fund for payments to victims of drunk drivers; specifies that requirement for insurers, employers, and self-insured pools to file an injured employee's wage statement does not apply to workers' compensation claims filed against the state; revises other various provisions regarding state workers' compensation claims and criminal injuries compensation. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-205(d), Section 9-8-307(a)(1)(K)(i), Sections 9-4-205(d), 9-8-307(a)(1)(K)(i), 29-13-105(a)(4), 29-13-118, 40-24-107(c), and 67-4-606(a). Fiscal Summary for HB4040 / *SB3500State Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - $60,000/Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund Bill Summary for HB4040 / *SB3500 [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2990. Workers' Compensation - Authorizes commissioner of labor and workforce development to reduce penalties in certain circumstances when an injured worker has been fully compensated and all medical expenses have been paid. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB4140 / *SB2990Other Fiscal Impact - If the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development chooses to reduce or waive penalties for such violations, there will be a reduction in the penalty revenue received by the Uninsured Employers Fund. The magnitude of such reduction will depend upon the future decisions of the Commissioner but can reasonably be estimated to exceed $100,000. Reducing the amount of revenue received by the fund could result in a decreased reversion to the general fund. This Uninsured Employers Fund is funded, in part, by state appropriations.[...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Action Deferred in Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee to 1/1/2009 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2989. Workers' Compensation - Exempts certain employers and employees from certain provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law on religious grounds. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB4160 / *SB2989 MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB4160 / *SB2989 This bill authorizes employers to apply for exemption from the Workers' Compensation Act with respect to employees who provide a written waiver and an affidavit indicating that the employee is a member of a recognized religious sect that is conscientiously opposed to the acceptance of the benefits of public or private insurance. In the case of an employee who is a minor, this bill authorizes the minor's guardian to make the affidavit and waiver. NOTE: The word "employer" in the second sentence of ? 50-6-135(a) should be "employee." ON APRIL 21, 2008, THE [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextGeneral Assembly - Requires special joint committee on workers' compensation to review and comment on any legislation referred to it within 30 calendar days. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3814 / *SB3071MINIMAL
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextWorkers' Compensation - Authorizes any workers' compensation medical report to be given to the employee's family, if the employee consents thereto or if the employee is incapacitated. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB3783 / SB3939 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3862. Workers' Compensation - Limits definition of "injury" when it occurs at employee's residence to certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-102. Fiscal Summary for HB3801 / *SB3862 Decrease State Expenditures - Not Significant/Risk Management Fund Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3801 / *SB3862 Under present law, an employee is eligible for workers' compensation benefits for an injury that occurs in the course and scope of the employee's employment. This bill specifies that an injury does not arise out of the course of an employee's employment if the injury occurs while the employee is on the employee's property, unless the employee is actively engaged in a defined work activity within an established immediate work area.
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextWorkers' Compensation - Requires utilization review of medical services in workers' compensation cases to be done by a physician licensed in Tennessee in the same specialty as the physician providing the services. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-124. Fiscal Summary for HB3807 / *SB2975MINIMAL
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextWorkers' Compensation - Authorizes psychologists to provide impairment ratings in workers' compensation cases. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3843 / *SB3890Other Fiscal Impact - Expansion of the field of professionals authorized to provide impairment ratings is assumed to result in an increase in state expenditures. Due to the individualized nature of claims and the variability in awards for such claims, and the absence of measurable standards to apply in assigning ratings, the magnitude of such increase cannot reasonably be quantified.
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3886. Workers' Compensation - Imposes various requirements on contracting agents who sell, lease, assign, transfer, or convey their lists of contracted health care providers and their contracted reimbursement rate; applies under the Workers' Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-204. Fiscal Summary for HB3848 / *SB3886MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3848 / *SB3886 Present law authorizes the commissioner of labor and workforce development to establish a medical fee schedule for medical services that are provided through the workers' compensation system. The comprehensive medical fee schedule does not prohibit an employer, trust or pool, or insurer from negotiating lower fees in its own medical fee agreements. This bill requires that any lower fees paid for medical services furnished on or after January 1, 2009, must be [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextWorkers' Compensation - Authorizes any workers' compensation medical report to be given to the employee's family, if the employee consents thereto or if the employee is incapacitated. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for SB3939 / *HB3783 MINIMAL
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