3.0.0 846 2023-01-11T19:46:15Z 2023-01-11T19:46:15Z Senate S S 2007-03-12 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-12T21:31:17Z 2007-03-19 Senate Star Print ordered on the bill. Floor 2007-03-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-03-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3010-3011) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA N Labor and Employment Administrative procedure Cemeteries and funerals Collection of accounts Debtor and creditor Department of Labor Disability evaluation Disabled Evidence (Law) Families Finance and Financial Sector Fraud Government Operations and Politics Guardian and ward Health Hearing disorders Insurance premiums Law Liability (Law) Limitation of actions Longshoremen Medical records Medical tests Physicians Survivors' benefits Workers' compensation Labor and Employment 00 2007-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-23T16:38:16Z Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 2007 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to declare that it is the intent of Congress that: (1) in a claim brought under such Act, the facts are not to be given a broad liberal construction in favor of the employee or of the employer; (2) the laws pertaining to the claim are to be construed in accordance with the basic principles of statutory construction and not liberally in favor of either the employee or employer; and (3) the system established under the Act shall be efficient and self-executing, but not an economic or administrative burden.

Makes compensation under the Act payable regardless of fault as a cause of an injury (no-fault).

Specifies requirements for proportional payment of compensation, the last employer doctrine, intervening employment, and noncontributing employment exposure.

Prescribes criteria for the preemption of state law providing additional or alternative remedies for an injured employee, the employee's legal representative, spouse, next of kin, or anyone otherwise entitled to recover from an employer on account of an employee's injury or death.

Revises requirements for physician selection. Allows a carrier to designate one or more participating networks or one or more health care panels, or both, to provide medical services to employees.

Modifies the formula used to determine disability compensation, including for loss of hearing.

Increases allowed funeral expenses.

Revises requirements for: (1) determination of death compensation to survivors; (2) timing and recipients of a notice of such injury or death; (3) filing of claims; (4) date of payment of compensation; (5) assignment and exemption from the claims of creditors; (6) presumptions, burdens, and rules of evidence; (7) review of compensation orders; (8) modification of compensation awards for fraud or overpayment; (9) reports of fraud; and (10) payments into the special fund in the absence of an entitled survivor of an employee.]]> Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to improve the compensation system, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s846is/xml/BILLS-110s846is.xml 2007-03-19 Star Print ordered on the bill. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.