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:
- The South Carolina state’s professional firefighters' association is calling on state legislators for increased workers’ compensation protections as the Delta variant continues to sweep its way through the country.
- Michigan state leaders in Lansing are looking to codify the state’s expired Covid presumption for first responders.
- Meanwhile, in Florida, despite a large summer wave of Covid-19 cases reported in the state, workers’ compensation claims continue to decrease in recent months.
- Coventry, a workers’ compensation PBM, released a whitepaper this week outlining major challenges for workers’ compensation now regarding holistic health.
This edition includes an update on national news.
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