Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 981
Workers' compensation subrogation lien; revise reimbursement of when injured employee recovers from a third party.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AMEND THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN ANY AMOUNT IS RECOVERED BY AN INJURED EMPLOYEE OR HIS DEPENDENTS (OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE) FROM A THIRD PARTY, NOT MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THAT AMOUNT SHALL BE USED TO SATISFY THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION SUBROGATION LIEN; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.