Bills impacting human resources make it through the Legislature

Bills that require job title reporting, impact industrial insurance medical examinations (IMEs), and add PTSD for 911 operators are headed to the Governor’s desk for signature.

HB 2308 requires employers to include the standard occupational classification or job title of each employee on quarterly tax reports to the Employment Security Department. The new reporting information will provide the state and other entities with better insights into the economic health of the state. Reporting this information is optional for employers until October 1, 2022.

HB 2758 allows 911 emergency dispatch personnel who receive calls and dispatch emergency services to make a workers’ compensation claim for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as an occupational disease. Baring a few exceptions, mental conditions such as PTSD are normally not classified as occupational diseases.

SB 6440 delays the implementation of new regulations impacting IMEs until January 1, 2021. Prior to the implementation of the regulations, a workgroup will form and develop rules for regulating IMEs. A report from the workgroup to the Legislature is due by December 11, 2020.