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State employees, holiday pay, unused sick leave, and death
benefits for employees killed in performance of job, provisions
altered; Sick Leave Incentive Program established; executive
Welfare Innovation Act of 2000, including provisions for local
government hiring of recipients, benefits for controlled
dangerous substance felons, substance abuse screening,
procurement, food stamp eligibility and performance-based pay
Work, Not Welfare tax credits, eligibility as recipient of temporary
cash assistance, provisions altered; Qualifying Employees with
Disabilities tax credits, administering agency altered, disabled
veteran included as qualified employee, credit increased, and
Workers' Compensation -
Claim hearing location, provisions altered ..................................
Commission jurisdiction pending appeal to consider request for
temporary total disability benefits if benefits were granted in
order on appeal and terminated by insurer pending resolution
Toll-free telephone number for direct inquiries by employees
and claimants during regular business hours, establishment
by workers' compensation insurers and self-insurers,
requirements added; penalties for office and personnel
Workers' Compensation - -
Cancellation or nonrenewal of insurance policy, notification
Claim hearing location, provisions altered ......................................
Hearing loss, calculation and levels required for compensation,
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund, required to be a member of the
Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Corporation;
provisions concerning the Board, audit and examination
requirements, and investment and disbursement of funds,
Jurisdiction of Workers' Compensation Commission pending
appeal to consider request for temporary total disability benefits
if benefits were granted in order on appeal and terminated by
insurer pending resolution of appeal, provisions added..............
Loss of great toe, thumb, or finger, payment of permanent partial
disability benefits at middle tier, termination date repealed .....
Offset or credit against award for permanent partial disability
benefits for previously awarded vocational rehabilitation,
benefits or temporary total disability benefits, provisions added
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179
671
448
90
398
468
124
90
204
417
567
398
231
230
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893
3442
2447
681
2183
2511
768
681
969
1165
1188
1195
2274
3009
2183
1494
1493
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