State of the States, October 9

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 Texas Division of Workers' Compensation will be working on a new rule to allow medical disputes to be filed electronically.
• In Washington, D.C., the Washington City Paper conducted an investigative report which found that injured workers in the public sector have fewer rights and benefits than injured workers in the private sector.
• The Kentucky House has officially filed a workers' compensation reform bill, which was pre-filed earlier in 2020. 

This edition also includes updates from Ohio and Oklahoma.  

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