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BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

SB 5492: Workers' comp notification

Requiring notification to employers of workers' applications for compensation under Title 51 RCW.

Summary

  • The worker is required to provide written notice that he or she filed a workers' compensation claim to his or her employer within 10 days after receiving medical treatment. L&I is required to develop forms for the worker to notify his or her employer of a claim.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 22, 2007
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jim Clements (R-14)
Introduced
January 22, 2007 in the Senate
Last action
January 14, 2008
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to notification to employers of workers' applications for compensation under Title 51 RCW;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jim Clements (R-14)

2 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 1 Republican)

Janéa Holmquist Newbry R-13Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.

SB 5492 in other sessions

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