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title: State of the States, September 14
description: Read IWP's weekly legislative wrap-up for information on new pilot program launching in Ohio to address the opioid epidemic.
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# [State of the States, September 14](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/state-of-the-states-september14)

 Written by [Danielle Jaffee](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/author/danielle-jaffee) | Sep 17, 2018 12:00:00 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 including:**

- Filing deadline extended for those injured in 9/11 recovery and cleanup 
- Rate decrease in Oregon makes this the sixth straight year of decrease
- Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation to launch pilot program to address the opioid epidemic

<https://www.iwpharmacy.com/hubfs/Legislative%20Wrap%20Up%2009.14.18.pdf>

You will also find updates from Arizona and Washington. 

Stay connected to all relevant information in workers' compensation and pharmacy by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. For last week's wrap-up, please click [here](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/state-of-the-states-september7). 

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