Two bills were introduced last week that could potentially change California and Missouri's workers' compensation coverage.
California
Assembly Bill 2665 would include skin cancer as a compensable occupational disease for peace officers employed by the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Parks and Recreation. Specifically for individuals whose job duties require substantial time spent outdoors. Currently, only lifeguards whose skin cancer is presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of employment are compensable.
Missouri
House Bill 2531 would continue to give employers the right to select health insurance providers for employees, but it would also require that health insurers include several other categories in their workers' compensation networks including treating physicians, surgeons, chiropractic physicians and other health care providers who offer authorized services.