Subject Workers Compensation | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV | HB3069 | The purpose of this bill is to provide that attorney fees may be awarded in certain workers’ compensation medical treatment claims. The bill provides that an attorney may be awarded $125 per hour up to $500 per medical issue. This is recommende... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Chapter 209, Acts, 2013 |
| WV | HB2543 | The purpose of the bill is to clarify that the subsidy provided to volunteer fire departments to offset their workers compensation premium increases apply not only to the increases attributable to their fire fighting services, but apply as well to in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 |
| WV | HB2945 | Relating to the distribution of state funds to volunteer fire departments [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 |
| WV | SB606 | The purpose of this bill is to provide that attorney fees may be awarded in certain workers’ compensation medical treatment claims. The bill provides that an attorney may be awarded $125 per hour up to $500 per medical issue. This is recommende... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| WV | HB2959 | The purpose of this bill is to provide that paid county or municipal fire departments and duly incorporated volunteer fire departments pay reduced workers compensation premiums when not actively engaged in fire fighting. The Insurance Commissioner is... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 |
| WV | SB456 | The purpose of this bill is to provide a rebuttable presumption that a professional firefighter who developed leukemia, lymphoma or multiple myeloma arising out of and in the course of employment as a firefighter provided that the firefighter complet... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| WV | SB168 | The purpose of this bill is to allow payment of workers compensation benefits for mental illness when a person becomes ill after being a victim of a crime. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 |
| WV | HB2466 | The purpose of this bill is to require that medical treatment and prescription medications be continued throughout the appeal process in Workers' Compensation claims. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 |
| WV | HB2451 | The purpose of this bill is to provide that taxicab companies are not required to subscribe to or pay into the Workers' Compensation Fund by having insurance policies approved by the Insurance Commissioner. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 |
| WV | SB20 | The purpose of this bill is to provide that taxicab companies are not required to subscribe to or pay into the Workers Compensation Fund if they meet certain conditions, including having insurance policies approved by the Insurance Commissioner. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | SB12 | The purpose of this bill is to clearly express circumstances giving rise to employer and third-party liability under the deliberate intention exception to West Virginias Workers Compensation scheme and to expressly state recoverable damages. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2184 | Requiring review and approval of final settlements of Workers' Compensation awards [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
