MO HB2415

Allows the Division of Workers' Compensation to serve notices by electronic means, except unrepresented employees must receive notices by registered or certified mail unless they consent to electronic service

Permits the division to determine the manner in which applications for hearings are made and to serve dismissal notices by electronic means or regular mail to represented employees

Requires administrative law judges to issue written awards within ninety days of the last hearing day, with awards sent by electronic means or by United States mail for unrepresented employees

Authorizes the division to use electronic processes in carrying out workers' compensation provisions and to store records by electronic or other approved means

Establishes mediation procedures whereby claims may be mediated at prehearing conferences or upon request by either party, with mediators disqualified from conducting subsequent evidentiary hearings if either party requests