---
title: State of the States, December 22
description: Download IWP's weekly legislative wrap-up for information on workers' comp legislative updates in Illinois, Michigan, Virginia, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.
---

[Injured Workers Pharmacy: News ](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog)

# [State of the States, December 22](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/state-of-the-states-december-22)

 Written by [Danielle Jaffee](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/author/danielle-jaffee) | Dec 23, 2017 4:05:00 AM

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 including:**

- Illinois' new proposal to increase medical reimbursements
- Michigan's federal lawsuit against drug manufacturers, distributors and retail pharmacies
- Virginia's newly introduced bill to require physicians to query the state’s PDMP

You'll also find workers' comp legislative updates for Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

 

Stay connected to all relevant information in workers' compensation and pharmacy by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. Read last weeks' State of the States [here.](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/state-of-the-states-december-15)

[View full post](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/state-of-the-states-december-22)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Danielle Jaffee"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2021-09-20T13:47:02.475Z",
  "datePublished" : "2017-12-23T04:05:00Z",
  "headline" : "State of the States, December 22",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 534,
    "url" : "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/706121/JJG_1023%20V2.jpg",
    "width" : 800
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/state-of-the-states-december-22",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60.0,
      "url" : "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/706121/IWP_logo_RGB_150_96.png",
      "width" : 104.819275
    },
    "name" : "News"
  }
}
```