Workers'Compensation Disability Benefits
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2024 Regular Session |
| Subjects |
Concerning disability benefits for workers' compensation injuries, and, in connection therewith, allowing a claimant to refuse an offer of modified employment under certain circumstances, adding the loss of an ear to the list of whole person permanent impairment benefits, increasing the two aggregate limits on temporary and permanent injury benefits and requiring the director of the division of workers' compensation to adjust the limits annually, and requiring a workers' compensation insurer to pay benefits to a claimant by direct deposit upon request by the claimant.
Bill Summary:
The act allows a claimant for workers' compensation benefits to refuse an offer of modified employment if the employment requires the claimant to drive to or from work and the treating physician has restricted the claimant from driving.
The act adds the loss of an ear to the list of other body parts for which an injured worker can receive whole person permanent impairment benefits.
The act increases the current limitations on the amount of money a claimant may claim based on the claimant's impairment rating as follows:
- For an impairment rating of 19% or less, from $75,000 to $185,000; and
- For an impairment rating greater than 19%, from $150,000 to $300,000.
The act requires a workers' compensation insurer to pay benefits to a claimant by direct deposit upon request by the claimant.
APPROVED by Governor June 4, 2024
PORTIONS EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024
PORTIONS EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Related Documents & Information
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 03/04/2024 | PA1 |
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/08/2024 | SA1 |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Refer House Bill 24-1220 to the Committee of the Whole. | The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Refer House Bill 24-1220 to the Committee of the Whole. | The motion passed on a vote of 6-4. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment L.002 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Adopt amendment L.003 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer House Bill 24-1220, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. | Vote summary |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/30/2024 | Third Reading | BILL |
24
AYE
11
NO
0
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/11/2024 | Third Reading | BILL |
42
AYE
18
NO
5
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2024 | Governor | Governor Signed |
| 05/23/2024 | Governor | Sent to the Governor |
| 05/23/2024 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 05/23/2024 | House | Signed by the Speaker of the House |
| 04/30/2024 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/29/2024 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/25/2024 | Senate | Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 04/15/2024 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology |
| 04/11/2024 | House | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/10/2024 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee |
| 04/10/2024 | House | House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 02/29/2024 | House | House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations |
| 02/07/2024 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor |
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| Effective Date | Chapter # | Title | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/07/2024 | 389 | Workers'Compensation Disability Benefits |