WorkersCompensation.com's CompNewsNetwork: AR WCC Posted Act 327 Summary

AR WCC Posted Act 327 Summary
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compnewsnetwork on 08 July, 2009 01:12:00
 
Little Rock, AR (CompNewsNetwork) - Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission
posted a summary of Act 327 from the Workers’ Compensation Legislation. The
summary includes:
* Prohibits an offset for benefits previously paid by a group disability policy
if the policy was purchased by the injured worker  * Clarifies that the employer
at the time of the compensable injury is liable for benefits for PPD or PTD
claims made on or after January 1, 2008  * Shifts the liability for PTD benefit
payments compensable by the Second Injury Fund to the Arkansas Death and
Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund, effective January 1, 2010  * Requires
the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board to obtain proof of workers’
compensation coverage prior to issuing or renewing a license to contractor  *
Affirms that the Contractors Licensing Board has the authority to not issue or
to revoke a contractor’s license for failure to obtain or maintain workers’
compensation coverage as required by law.