Bill Text: TN SB1706 | 2015-2016 | 109th General Assembly | Draft
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]
Download: Tennessee-2015-SB1706-Draft.pdf