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title: State of the States, October 27
description: Work comp updates on Pennsylvania and California's new drug formulary laws and New York's new law for volunteer firefighters.
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# [State of the States, October 27](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/state-of-the-states-october-27)

 Written by [Danielle Jaffee](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/author/danielle-jaffee) | Oct 27, 2017 6:20:00 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 including:**

- Pennsylvania Senate voted to pass a bill to create a workers’ comp drug formulary
- California submitted final regulations for the adoption of a drug formulary
- New York's new law would allow volunteer firefighters to collect benefits

You'll also find information on the President's declaration on the nation's opiod epidemic.

<https://www.iwpharmacy.com/hubfs/Legislative%20Wrap%20Up%2010.27.17.pdf>

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