Louisiana 2020 2020 Regular Session

Louisiana Senate Bill SB240 Comm Sub / Analysis

                    The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Yoursheka George.
DIGEST
SB 240 Original	2020 Regular Session	Connick
Present law provides compensation for an employee's permanent partial disability. 
Present law provides that compensation shall be paid to an employee who suffers permanent hearing
loss solely due to a single traumatic accident.
Proposed law removes from present law the requirement that an employee's permanent hearing loss
be solely due to a single traumatic accident. 
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 23:1221(4)(p))