Bills

HB 1514: DLIR; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES; CERTIFIED PROVIDERS; AUTOMATIC APPROVAL

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: House
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-03-06

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-12: Referred to LBT, WAM.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

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.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)

Discussed in Hearing

House Standing Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce11MIN
Feb 26, 2026

House Standing Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce

House Standing Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce35SEC
Feb 26, 2026

House Standing Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce

House Standing Committee on Labor1MIN
Feb 17, 2026

House Standing Committee on Labor

House Standing Committee on Labor1MIN
Feb 17, 2026

House Standing Committee on Labor

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