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January 1983, Vol. 106, No. 1

Workers' compensation in 1982:
significant legislation enacted

LaVerne C. Tinsley

During the year, 44 States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia were in legislative session.¹ More than 1,000 workers' compensation proposals were introduced and 167 were enacted, most of which pertained to coverage, benefits, and rehabilitation services.

Eighteen States modified their coverage provisions in some manner—either by expanding exclusions or by extending coverage to volunteers and other workers who previously had no protection. Coverage was extended to volunteer fire and rescue personnel in three Maryland countries; to call fire and rescue personnel in Dover, Mass.; to certain volunteers of search and rescue missions in New Hampshire; and to volunteers in employer-sponsored athletic or social events in Rhode Island. In Michigan, libraries that qualify as independent employers must now have coverage if they are located in counties with populations of less than 600,000. Arizona broadened coverage to include the State Game and Fish Department Reserve; and, in Virginia, employees sexually assaulted in the course of their employment are now entitled to benefits.

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1 Alabama, Colorado, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming convened in 1982, but are not included in this summary because they made no significant changes in their workers' compensation legislation.

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