Keywords: HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE, LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Report Title: Workers' Compensation; Hearing
Description: Excludes permanent and complete loss of hearing from the 5-year statute of limitations for asserting a claim under the workers' compensation law. Requires the awarding of permanent partial disability benefits for hearing loss to be made without regard to the age of an injured worker.
1-22-99 H Introduced and passed First Reading
1-25-99 H Referred to the committees on 1. LAB 2. FIN ,
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1-19-00 H Carried over to 2000 Regular Session.