SB122 Summary

• Limits employer liability for permanent total disability benefits to terminate upon the employee's 65th birthday or 500 weeks after injury date, whichever is longer.

• Creates a rebuttable presumption that medical treatment obtained after a 2-year gap without treatment is unrelated to the workers' compensation injury, requiring clear and convincing proof otherwise.

• Conclusively ends employer obligation to pay medical benefits if an employee does not receive treatment related to the claimed injury for 4 consecutive years.

• Maintains existing workers' compensation provisions for temporary disabilities, permanent partial disabilities, medical treatment, and vocational rehabilitation.