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.

Introduced: February 14, 2025

Last action: February 25, 2025

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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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