FL S1724

Requires injured employees and claimants to sign a personal attestation acknowledging that they must pay their own attorney fees before engaging representation, and prohibits filing a petition for benefits with an attorney until the signature is obtained.

Amends the definition of "specificity" for petitions for benefits to require employers and carriers receive notice of exact statutory classifications, time periods, specific benefit amounts, calculation methods, and detailed explanations of any benefit modifications.

Mandates claimants and their attorneys make a good faith effort to resolve disputes before filing a petition, require evidence of such effort in the petition, and authorize judges to dismiss petitions and impose sanctions including attorney fees if good faith effort was not made.

Eliminates an exception to fellow-employee immunities that previously applied to employees assigned primarily to unrelated works within private or public employment.

Delays when attorney fees attach in expedited dispute resolution proceedings from 30 days to 45 business days after petition filing and requires attorney attestation detailing hours spent and allocating hours by benefit claimed.