Workers’ Compensation Legislation Introduced

Posted: March, 1999

Two bills which would amend the workers’ compensation law have been introduced in the legislature:

• H.B. 122 would amend R.C. 4123.54 and provide that where an employee tests positive through a blood, breath, or urine test for alcohol or a controlled substance not prescribed by a physician, then there will be a rebuttable presumption that the proximate cause of an injury is the alcohol or controlled substance.
• H.B. 180 would amend R.C. 4123.512 and require that the party filing an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas must serve a copy of the notice of appeal to the central office of the BWC in Columbus.

Information courtesy of the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Bulletin. Subscribe to the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Bulletin to keep informed about the Ohio workers’ compensation system.