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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 25, 2025

To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

Introduced February 14, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB569

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

Amend KRS 342.610 to remove the presumption that the use of an illegal substance prior to an accident caused the injury; provide that the use of an illegal substance shall be the proximate cause of the injury.

Drugs and Medicines Labor and Industry Occupational Safety and Health Workers' Compensation Workforce Local Mandate

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This bill would change how Kentucky's workers' compensation law handles workplace injuries when an employee had used an illegal substance beforehand. Currently, the law presumes that prior illegal substance use caused the injury; this bill would remove that presumption and instead require that the illegal substance use be proven as the direct cause of the injury before it affects a worker's claim. Who it may affect: workers injured on the job and their employers.

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