HB1514: Relating To Workers' Compensation.

What this measure contains

Clarifies the process for selecting a certified provider of vocational rehabilitation services. Requires certified providers to automatically approve vocational rehabilitation services for an injured employee if those services will likely be required for suitable gainful employment and the initial evaluation report finds the injured employee feasible to participate. Requires providers to file an employee's vocational rehabilitation plan no later than one hundred twenty days after submitting an initial evaluation report, unless extended by the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations. Clarifies the process for an employer to object to a vocational rehabilitation plan. (CD1)

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Official text and draft versions

• Introduced· Jan 14, 2026 · Official original ↗
• Amended· Feb 19, 2026 · Official original ↗
• Amended· Mar 6, 2026 · Official original ↗
• Amended· Mar 28, 2026 · Official original ↗Published after this vote
• Amended· Apr 27, 2026 · Official original ↗Published after this vote

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Recorded decision and member tally

Senate Labor and Technology: Passed, With Amendments

This record lists 5 members; its source-reported total is 5.

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Source outcome: passed.

Yes

3

No

0

Not voting

0

Absent / excused

2

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Members listed for this decision

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