HLS 20RS-1045 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 793
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAINES
WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to a presumption of compensability
under workers' compensation
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 23:1204, relative to workers' compensation; to provide for
3 liability; to provide for a presumption of compensability; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 23:1204 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1204. Furnishing of medical services or advancing voluntary payments not
8 admission of liability
9 A. Neither the furnishing of medical services nor payments by the employer
10 or his insurance carrier shall constitute an admission of liability for compensation
11 under this Chapter.
12 B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, a
13 rebuttable presumption of compensability, as set forth in R.S. 23:1031(A), will attach
14 ninety days following the date of the accident.
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HB NO. 793
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 793 Original 2020 Regular Session Gaines
Abstract: Provide relative to workers' compensation and the presumption of
compensability.
Present law provides that neither the furnishing of medical services nor payments by the
employer or his insurance carrier shall constitute an admission of liability for compensation.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law provides that despite the provisions of present law, a rebuttable presumption
of compensability will attach 90 days following the date of the accident.
(Amends R.S. 23:1204)
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