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2008 Regular Session

House Bill 195

Workers' compensation; revise criteria for drug and alcohol testing, increase benefits for disfigurement, vocational rehab and death.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-121, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE CRITERIA FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING UNDER WORKERS' COMPENSATION; TO AMEND SECTION 71-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO AWARD FOR SERIOUS FACIAL OR HEAD DISFIGUREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO AWARD WHILE AN EMPLOYEE IS UNDERGOING VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE DEATH BENEFIT COMPENSATION THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO AWARD FOR DEATH; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 23 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 23 to Feb 19 · stopped27 days

InsuranceJan 23 to Feb 19 · stopped27 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 23 – Feb 19

  1. Jan 23Referred to the House committees on Insurance and on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 23Referred To Insurance;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives