Introduced Version






HOUSE

RESOLUTION No. ___



Introduced by: Cheney


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        A RESOLUTION urging the establishment of an interim study committee on worker's compensation.
    

    Whereas, Worker's compensation laws are designed to ensure that employees who are injured or disabled on the job are provided for; these laws also provide benefits for dependents of those workers who are killed due to work-related accidents or illnesses: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the

General Assembly of the State of Indiana:


    SECTION 1. That the legislative council is urged to establish an interim study committee to study issues concerning worker's compensation.
    SECTION 2. That the topics of the committee, if established,

include comparison of state worker's compensation systems, efficiency of the worker's compensation system, and the current status of the worker's compensation system.
    SECTION 3. That the committee, if established, shall operate under the direction of the legislative council and that the committee shall issue a final report when directed to do so by the council.


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HR 1568/DI 84

2007


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