HOUSE BILL 558

File Code: Workers' Compensation Prior Year Introduction As: HB 371/94 - ECM

Sponsored By:

Delegate Workman

Entitled:

Workers' Compensation - Timely Payment for Treatment and Services - Penalty

Synopsis:

Requiring an employer or its insurer to pay a provider for treatment or services rendered to specified employees within 45 days after the receipt of an itemized statement from the provider under specified circumstances, subject to a specified exception; altering the time period within which an employer or its insurer must make payment for specified treatment or services rendered to specified employees under the workers' compensation law or else face penalties for the failure so to do; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

1/31

First Reading Economic Matters

Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.

Senate Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS

PENALTIES

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Bill affects the following Statute:

Labor and Employment

( 9-664 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available