LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Workers\u27 Compensation: Provide Employers Three Methods for Providing Medical Care for Employees; Delete Requirement that Board Send Notice of Claim to All Parties; Extend Time for Hearing Following Notice; Alter Appellate Review Standard; Define Certain Terms; Provide that Alcohol or Controlled Substance Use May Prevent Recovery by Employee in Certain Circumstances; Provide for Fines for Fraud in Certain Circumstances; Provide for Admissibility of Report from Prospective Employer in Lieu of Oral Technology; Provide Grace Period to Test Employee\u27s Recovery from Injury; Increase Maximum Disability Payments

The Act defines when the use of alcohol or a controlled substance will bar recovery by an injury employee. The Act gives the Workers\u27 Compensation Board greater ability to fine one who commits fraud, deletes the requirement that the Board send notice of a claim to the parties, amends the appellate review standard of the Board, and extends the time to schedule hearings. The Act gives injured employees the chance to return to work with penalizing the employee if the employee is unable to perform work tasks and allows an employer to suspend benefits to an injured employee if the employee refuses to attempt to return to work when the offered job is within the employee\u27s capabilities. The Act gives employers more choice in deciding how they provide care for injured employees