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MT HB428

Bill

Status

Passed

5/1/2025

Primary Sponsor

Morgan Thiel

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Simplifies the presumption test for determining which entity is the employer for workers' compensation purposes when workers are furnished by another party, requiring only proof of control over work rather than both control and insurance coverage

  • Changes insurer summary reporting requirements from quarterly (15 days after each fiscal quarter) to annually (by January 15), covering compensation payments, medical expenditures, and miscellaneous amounts paid to injured workers

  • Streamlines the medical status form by removing requirements for treatment plan, prescribed medications, and anticipated date of maximum medical improvement, while retaining work restriction and return-to-work information

  • Adds section 39-71-306 to the list of provisions generating fees and penalties deposited into the workers' compensation administration fund

Legislative Description

Revising provisions related to workers compensation

Labor and Employment

Last Action

Chapter Number Assigned

5/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Business, Labor and Economic Affairs3/3/2025
Business & Labor2/10/2025

Full Bill Text

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