20th Anniversary of the Workers’ Compensation Reforms in Oregon.
May 3, 2010 will mark the 20th anniversary of the workers’ compensation reforms in Oregon. To commensurate the 20th anniversary a “Celebration” is set for Monday May 3rd in Salem from 10:30am-noon and will be held in the Oregon Capitol Galleria according to the “Workers Comp Division” website. The “Mahonia Hall” reforms as they have become known, was the package of proposals that under the Oregon legislative body and Senate Bill 1197 changed Chiropractic care for injured workers in Oregon. The then legislative body and the Governor Neil Goldschmidt used this legislation to limit chiropractic providers’ ability to treat patients to “12 visits and 30 days”. (That has now been revised through the diligence of our legislative representatives and lobbying efforts in Salem to “18 visits in 60 days”). Senate Bill 1197 was the same legislation that formed the advisory group of labor and management known to us today as MLAC. In the recent “Focus” Newsletter (Spring-Summer 2010) John Shilts reviews this event and gives his personal perspective on what happened and where WCD is today. The Focus newsletter is published twice a year by the WCD. If you would like to read his comments or other articles in this publication you can find this newsletter through the link at:
http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/wcd/communications/publications/focus/focusind.html
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