MN HF2658

Expands occupational disease coverage to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosed by licensed psychiatrists or psychologists, with presumptive coverage for emergency responders exposed to infectious/communicable diseases outside hospitals.

Modifies special compensation fund assessment procedures by allowing commissioners to use current calendar year earned premium estimates (with later reconciliation by December 1) instead of requiring prior year data for insurer assessments.

Requires replacement of ICD-9 diagnostic codes with ICD-10 codes in workers' compensation medical billing and reporting, using Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services General Equivalence Mappings.

Simplifies medical fee schedule provisions by removing outdated 2005-2006 chiropractic conversion factor increase rules and consolidating adjustment procedures into single conversion factor adjustment framework.

Removes telegraph as acceptable initial injury reporting method and eliminates separate provisions for summary decisions in discontinued case proceedings (repeals sections 176.2615 and 176.641).