Modifies provisions related to workers' compensation administrative law judges

Summary

The measure rewrites several sections of the state workers' compensation statutes, changing how weekly benefits are calculated, setting a minimum payment, and limiting permanent total disability benefits to amounts earned before a worker’s death. It also creates new rules for occupational disease claims, especially toxic exposures and mesothelioma, and gives employers options to assume liability. The changes affect injured employees, their families, employers, and the Workers' Compensation Commission.

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