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title: State of the States, September 28
description: Read IWP's weekly legislative wrap-up for information on the grant issued to K-TRACS, Kansas' PDMP, from the Department of Justice.
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# [State of the States, September 28](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/state-of-the-states-september28)

 Written by [Danielle Jaffee](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/author/danielle-jaffee) | Oct 1, 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:**

- PA Committee passing bill on independent contractor clarifications 
- K-TRACS, Kansas' PDMP, getting $736,00 in funding from the DOJ
- Florida to hold public hearing on the proposed double-digit rate reduction for workers' compensation

<https://www.iwpharmacy.com/hubfs/Legislative%20Wrap%20Up%2009.28.18.pdf>

You will also find national new updates and information about Indiana's drug formulary adoption. 

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-september21). 

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