FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE ALERT

FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE ALERT

Florida State Senator Hill, with the assistance of Mary Bailey, President of Voices, Inc., has introduced S2416 (“the injured workers bill”).

See description below.
S2416 GENERAL BILL by HillWorkers' Compensation; provides rights &remedies on behalf of injured workers; provides for access to physicians; prescribes procedures re workers' compensation proceedings; provides that subpoenas be issued by judges of compensation claims only; prescribes rights to benefits, including compensation, training, & employment; reinstates former provisions that provided procedures & remedies in cases of bad-faith dealings, etc.(Amends 440.34).

This bill will rectify the harm legislated into Florida law by SB 54 in 2003. Under that legislation, any chronic pain condition or psychiatric conditions was not compensable. Attorney fees were capped at $1,500.

Call your Florida State Senator and ask him or her to cosponsor S2416.

Ask your State representative to introduce a similar bill in the Florida House.