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S.F. No. 0018 |
Mental injury-workers' compensation. |
Sponsored By: Select Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation; amending the definition of injury to authorize coverage of a mental injury as specified; requiring reports; and providing for an effective date.
12/3/2008 Bill Number Assigned
1/13/2009 S Received for Introduction
1/14/2009 S Introduced and Referred to S10
2/2/2009 S10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Hastert, Hunnicutt, Landen and Scott
Nays: Senator(s) Schiffer
Ayes 4 Nays 1 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
2/2/2009 S Placed on General File
SF0018SS001/ADOPTED
That Substitute No. 1 be substituted for SF0018 and that Substitute No. 1 DO Pass. SCOTT, CHAIRMAN
2/4/2009 S Passed CoW
SF0018S2001/ADOPTED
Page 2-line 14 Delete "; or" insert ".".
Page 2-lines 16 through 24 Delete.
Page 3-lines 1 through 5 Delete.
Page 5-lines 4 through 8 Delete. SCHIFFER, GEIS
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Bebout, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Dockstader, Geis, Hines, Jennings, Larson, Meier, Nicholas, Perkins, Peterson, Schiffer, Townsend and Von Flatern
Nays: Senator(s) Decaria, Esquibel, F., Hastert, Hunnicutt, Johnson, Landen, Martin, Massie, Ross, Scott, Sessions and Vasey
Ayes 18 Nays 12 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
SF0018S2002.01/ADOPTED (CORRECTED COPY)
Page 1-line 3 After "specified;" insert "requiring a report;".
Page 4-line 22 After "section" insert "occurring before July 1, 2011".
Page 5-line 2 After "improve." insert "For injuries described in paragraph (b)(i) of this section occurring after June 30, 2011, benefits shall be payable for not more than six (6) months after an injured employee's physical injury has healed to the point that it is not reasonably expected to substantially improve.".
Page 6-after line 16 Insert and renumber:
"Section 3. The department of employment shall report to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee by July 1, 2010 on the additional costs of the extension of time for mental injury benefit payments provided by W.S. 27-14-409(k) and (m), itemized by medical and indemnity costs. The report shall include the total cost of benefits, the number of cases affected and a summary, in a form that does not identify individual employees, of the improvements made to the recovery of good health by the injured employees based on interviews with the employees and their mental health providers.".
Page 6-line 18 Delete "3" insert "4". SCOTT
SF0018S2002.02/FAILED (CORRECTED COPY)
Delete the Schiffer, Geis Second Reading Amendment (SF0018S2001/A) entirely and further amend as follows:
Page 5-line 5 After "section" insert "occurring before July 1, 2011".
Page 5-line 8 After "disability." insert "For injuries described in paragraph (b)(ii) of this section occurring after June 30, 2011, benefits shall be payable for not more than six (6) months after the date of diagnosis and shall be limited to payment of medical and hospital care and temporary total disability.". SCOTT
2/5/2009 S Passed 2nd Reading
SF0018S3001/ADOPTED
Delete the Schiffer, Geis Second Reading Amendment (SF0018S2001/A) and the Scott Second Reading Amendment (SF0018S2002.01/AC) entirely and further amend as follows:
Page 1-line 3 After "specified;" insert "requiring reports;".
Page 2-line 16 After "incurred" insert "after June 30, 2009 and before July 1, 2011".
Page 6-after line 16 Insert and renumber:
"Section 3.
(a) The department of employment shall annually report to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee by October 1 on:
(i) The number of workers compensation claimants reporting an injury pursuant to W.S. 27-14-409(b)(i) or (ii);
(ii) The number and percent of injuries described in paragraph (i) that were determined to be compensable claims;
(iii) The cumulative medical and indemnity benefits paid by year for compensable mental injuries;
(iv) The median and mean duration in months of payments for compensable mental injuries.".
Page 6-line 18 Delete "3" insert "4". HASTERT
2/6/2009 S Passed 3rd Reading
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Case, Cooper, Decaria, Esquibel, F., Hastert, Hunnicutt, Landen, Larson, Martin, Massie, Nicholas, Peterson, Ross, Scott, Sessions and Vasey
Nays: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Bebout, Burns, Dockstader, Geis, Hines, Jennings, Johnson, Meier, Perkins, Schiffer, Townsend and Von Flatern
Excused: Senator(s) Coe
Ayes 16 Nays 13 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
2/10/2009 H Received for Introduction
2/12/2009 H Introduced and Referred to H10; No Report Prior to CoW Cutoff
3/3/2009 H Died In Committee