Bill Texts: TN SB1706 | 2015-2016 | 109th General Assembly

Bill Title: As introduced, allows attorneys' fees and other costs to be recovered in a workers' compensation claim when the employer denies a claim or fails to deliver benefits to which the employee is entitled if a workers' compensation judge makes a finding that benefits were owed; grants a refund to employers or their insurers if benefits were paid and subsequently a court finds that the employee was not entitled to the benefits. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-226.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-17 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee [SB1706 Detail]

Note: Tennessee does not provide sufficient information to determine typical named revision of bills. Therefore only drafts are captured, the highest order draft will always be the current version.

Bill Drafts

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Draft (#2)2016-02-02PDFLinkView (#2)
Draft (#1)2016-01-14PDFLinkView (#1)

Amendments

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No bill amendments currently on file for Tennessee SB1706

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