Date: 05/01/2014
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB14-191
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR, ECONOMIC, & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
| Votes: View--> | Action Taken: |
| Refer Senate Bill 14-191 to the Committee of the W | PASS |
01:46 PM -- SB 14-191
Representative Pabon presented Senate Bill 14-191, concerning the procedures for resolution of workers' compensation claims. The reengrossed bill makes numerous changes to the procedures for resolving workers' compensation claims. Among its changes, the bill:
• authorizes the presiding officer at a workers' compensation hearing to consider the current legal medical guidelines when investigating claims;
• allows the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) to adopt rules to review and approve settlement documents;
• extends the deadline for claim hearings from 100 days to 120 days;
• allows the presiding officer to summon an out-of-state party to testify either in person or on the telephone;
• requires the presiding officer to issue an order within thirty days of the receipt of the remand;
• permits claimants who must travel to receive a medical examination to receive $75 per day, in addition to transportation and lodging;
• requires that physicians who refuse to treat a workers' compensation claimant must provide a written notice with an explanation to both the claimant and the employer; and
• increases the aggregate lump sum payment a workers' compensation claimant can receive from a current limitation of $60,000 to a range of between $81,000 and $162,000.
Representative Pabon characterized the bill as a clean-up bill and stated that the proponents and department representatives signed up to testify would skip their testimony in order to expedite passage of the bill.
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| BILL: | SB14-191 | |
| TIME: | 01:47:48 PM |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 14-191 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-2. |
| SECONDED: | Ryden |
| VOTE |
| Exum | Yes |
| Hamner | Yes |
| Holbert | Yes |
| Navarro | No |
| Nordberg | Excused |
| Rosenthal | Yes |
| Ryden | Yes |
| Szabo | No |
| Wright | Yes |
| Kraft-Tharp | Yes |
| Williams | Yes |
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Final YES: 8 NO: 2 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |