BILL WOULD FORM LEGISLATIVE COMP APPEALS PANEL

A new panel of North Dakota legislators would review workers’ compensation cases and have the power to suggest changes in policy or laws governing the government agency overseeing them, Workforce Safety and Insurance.

According to the Associated Press, the proposed board has the support of the legislature’s Republican leadership and would hear testimony from workers unhappy with WSI’s resolution of their claims. The panel’s case reviews would happen only after all legal appeals have been exhausted or abandoned.