Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2665
Workers' Compensation Law; revise.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW SHALL BE CONSTRUED UPON PROOF BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING WHETHER OWNER/OPERATORS AND MOTOR CARRIERS ARE SUBJECT TO THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING APPORTIONMENT OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING THE WAITING PERIOD FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM RECOVERY UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY PAID TO THE EMPLOYEE UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE COMPENSATION FOR INJURED EMPLOYEES WHILE UNDERGOING CERTAIN VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING TEMPORARY PARTIAL DISABILITY UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR DEATH UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING NOTICE TO THE EMPLOYER OF INJURY UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-43, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING THE VALIDITY OF CERTAIN LOANS ON OR AGAINST COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING THE RIGHT OF JUDICIAL APPEAL UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING THE REVIEW OF THE COMPENSATION AWARD UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION'S PROCEDURES FOR HEARING AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING THE COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES WHERE THIRD PARTIES ARE LIABLE UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-85, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING THE COMPOSITION OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO REQUIRE THAT A PERSON HAVING A CLAIM AGAINST AN INSURER UNDER ANY PROVISION IN AN INSURANCE POLICY OTHER THAN A POLICY OF AN INSOLVENT INSURER, THAT IS ALSO A COVERED CLAIM, TO EXHAUST FIRST HIS RIGHT UNDER SUCH POLICY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDER OF RECOVERY OF CLAIMS RECOVERABLE UNDER MORE THAN ONE ASSOCIATION, AND THE EFFECT OF RECOVERY UNDER ANOTHER INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECTION SHALL BE CODIFIED AS A NEW SECTION WITHIN CHAPTER 3, TITLE 71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 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.