Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 593
Workers' compensation; increase benefits for disfigurement, vocational rehab and death, allow employer to request autopsy.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN DEATH BENEFITS THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO AWARD FOR DEATH AND TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYER THE RIGHT TO REQUEST AN AUTOPSY IN THE EVENT OF DEATH OF AN EMPLOYEE; 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; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 17 to March 6, 2012, 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 RepresentativesFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 days
InsuranceFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 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.