May
16
The Denver Post seems to be the voice of reason today in calling for sensible changes to workers comp legislation in Colorado. An editorial voiced its support for giving injured workers a greater say in comp policies, but cautioned against reining in anti-fraud activities.
House Bill 1012 is being amended again in the Senate Judiciary Committee, hopefully for the better by removing provisions that would require anyone conducting surveillance to reveal their operation if asked by a claimant (see previous post). The Denver Post has even better advice — scrap the bill altogether:
“The unfortunate truth is that some bad actors do try to cheat the system, and surveillance in the past has caught them doing such things as working construction jobs on the sly or performing other strenuous tasks while claiming they are too injured to work. HB 1012 also would require that evidence collected in investigations be destroyed after five years. Fraud investigators contend that’s too soon, and we agree. We see no harm in allowing investigators to keep what they find.”
The editorial also points out the obvious conflict of interest by Senate Judiciary Chair Morgan Carroll, an attorney who represents injured workers in workers comp cases. Sen. Carroll has a lot of influence in shaping this bill and in sending it on to the full Senate. Let’s hope she the committee do the right thing and at least delete the remaining onerous provisions.
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