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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 828
January Session, 2025
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE THE
WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a working 1
group to study the workers' compensation program. Such study shall 2
include an examination of ways to (1) streamline such program, 3
including, but not limited to, updating the workers' compensation 4
electronic filing system, including the reporting triggers and 5
mechanisms, (2) reduce prior authorization delays, and (3) reduce 6
fraudulent claims. 7
(b) The working group shall consist of the following members: 8
(1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 9
(2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 10
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 11
Representatives; 12
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 13
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 14
Representatives; 15
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and 16 Substitute Bill No. 828
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(7) The chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission, or 17
the chairperson's designee. 18
(c) Any member of the working group appointed under subdivision 19
(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 20
of the General Assembly. 21
(d) All initial appointments to the working group shall be made not 22
later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy 23
shall be filled by the appointing authority. 24
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 25
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the working group 26
from among the members of the working group. Such chairpersons shall 27
schedule the first meeting of the working group, which shall be held not 28
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 29
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 30
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and 31
public employees shall serve as administrative staff of the working 32
group. 33
(g) Not later than January 1, 2026, the working group shall submit a 34
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 35
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 36
relating to labor and public employees, in accordance with the 37
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The working group 38
shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2026, 39
whichever is later. 40
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsec. (b)(7), "commissioner's designee" was changed to
"chairperson's designee" for accuracy. Substitute Bill No. 828
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LAB Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO