Bill Information

An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act, and Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, adding and amending certain definitions; providing for settlement of claims, for employers' liability, for subcontractors' liability, for employers' financial responsibility, and for compensation; providing for compensation of professional athletes; further providing for wages, for physical examinations, and for a domestic service exemption; prohibiting duplicative compensation; exempting construction design professionals from liability; further providing for hearing examiners and for instituting proceedings; providing for informal conferences; further providing for suspension of compensation, for investigations, for evidence, for appeals, for reports of injuries, and for costs and attorney fees; providing for workers' compensation insurers, for loss costs rating, for self-insurance pooling, for the Self-Insurance Guarantee Fund, for workplace health and safety, for insurance fraud and fraud enforcement, and for damages in bid contracts; further providing for regulatory review; voiding an order of the Insurance Commissioner and requiring a new order to be issued; and making repeals.