91st General Assembly
Summary of SB0269
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Senate Sponsors:
RAUSCHENBERGER.

Short description: 
WRK COMP-REPETITIVE TRAUMA                                                 

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends  the  Workers'   Compensation   Act   and   the   Workers'      
   Occupational   Diseases   Act.   Provides  that  "accidental  injuries      
   incurred due to repetitive or cumulative trauma, or disability  caused      
   by  the natural deterioration or breakdown of tissue, an organ or part      
   of the body, do not arise out of and in the course of  the  employment      
   unless  the  injury  or  breakdown  results from a risk peculiar to or      
   increased by the employment, and not common  to  the  general  public,      
   which   is   the  major  contributory  cause,  rather  than  merely  a      
   contributory  cause,  of  such   injury   or   breakdown".   Effective      
   immediately.                                                                
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 01-01-09

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   0


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