{"id":1278,"date":"2015-06-02T19:11:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T19:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhwlawoffice.com\/nevada-workers-comp-law-blog\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2015-08-12T22:32:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T22:32:43","slug":"injured-workers-in-nevada-survive-2015-legislative-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jhwlawoffice.com\/nevada-workers-comp-law-blog\/2015\/06\/articles\/information-center\/injured-workers-in-nevada-survive-2015-legislative-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured Workers in Nevada Survive 2015 Legislative Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"legislation\"<\/a>The 78th session of the Nevada legislature closed last night with a close call for Nevada’s most severely injured workers.\u00a0\u00a0 The self-insured employers’ lobbyist tried a last minute attack on how\u00a0 permanent partial disability awards are calculated by pushing for adoption of the 6th edition of the AMA Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.\u00a0 Changing from the AMA Guides 5th edition to the 6th edition would have reduced many awards by significant amounts of money, particularly spinal injury awards.\u00a0\u00a0Earlier in the legislative session the self-insured employers had tried\u00a0 to\u00a0pass a law \u00a0calling for adoption of the 6th edition.\u00a0 However, the self-insureds were unprepared for a strong opposition from attorneys who represent injured workers, the Nevada Justice Association, rating doctors, and unions.\u00a0 Many\u00a0 people devoted long hours toward\u00a0defeating proposed legislation that would negatively impact injured workers.<\/p>\n

I will be writing more about the specific legislative changes to Nevada workers’ compensation law.\u00a0 For now, I want to thank those injured workers who testified at legislative committee hearings and who provided statements very quickly to be forwarded to legislators who were voting on amendments to the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 78th session of the Nevada legislature closed last night with a close call for Nevada’s most severely injured workers.\u00a0\u00a0 The self-insured employers’ lobbyist tried a last minute attack on how\u00a0 permanent partial disability awards are calculated by pushing for adoption of the 6th edition of the AMA Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.\u00a0 Changing … Continue reading Injured Workers in Nevada Survive 2015 Legislative Changes<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,21,75],"tags":[536,345,535,389],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calculating-benefits","category-information-center","category-permanent-partial-disability-awards","tag-nevada-legislation","tag-nevada-workers-compensation","tag-nevada-workers-compensation-laws","tag-ppd-awards"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t