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Article: Workers' compensation legislation enacted in 1998.
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
- Author:
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Activity was very light with no sweeping changes; several States enacted or strengthened provisions to protect against fraudulent claims for benefits
Workers' compensation legislation was very light during 1998, with no sweeping changes occur ring in any State.
Fraud provisions were enacted or expanded in Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, and Rhode Island. Maximum burial allowances were doubled in Maryland and Virginia. Missouri and South Dakota established scholarship funds for dependents of employees who die as a result of a compensable work-related injury. Iowa renamed its Department of Industrial Services to the Division of Workers' Compensation; in ...