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title: State of the States, January 14
description: This week’s Legislative Wrap Up (LWU) with updates from Florida, Texas & Washington State along with National news.
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# [State of the States, January 14](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/state-of-the-state-january-14-2022)

 Written by [Jayne Kresac Esq.](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/author/jayne-kresac-esq) | Jan 17, 2022 8:00:00 PM

What's happening this week in workers' compensation? IWP's weekly legislative wrap-up, **State of the States**, keeps you up to date on important matters within the workers' compensation and pharmacy arena.

**This week's legislative wrap-up contains updates  from *Alabama, Arizona, Florida, New York, and Virginia along with National news *including:**

- In ***Alabama ***state legislators will consider a presumption for claims regarding PTSD/Mental Health for the state’s first responders.
- A bill filed in ***Arizona ***would improve transparency with the Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA), the state agency that oversees workers’ compensation.
- ***Florida’s ***medical claim costs were found to be lower in 2020 than in 2019.
- The ***New York*** State Senate Labor Committee voted in favor of a bill that would allow all workers to file claims for PTSD/Mental Health.
- ***Virginia*** lawmakers are mulling legislation that would incur drug testing for workplace accidents.
- On the ***National*** level Biden administration officials roll out a plan for free/covered at home covid tests.
- A survey from the Risk & Insurance Journal shows the top 8 priorities for innovation in the coming years for workers’ compensation.

*Note: To access audio for the LWU please access audio via Adobe by a.) choosing “view” at the top menu b.) click “activate read out loud” c.) click “read to end of the document”.*

This edition includes an update on national news.  

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