1837.E AMS SHOR S5221.1
EHB 1837 - S AMD TO LCTA COMM AMD (S-4929.1/22) 1447
By Senator Short
On page 2, line 27, after "repealed." strike "((The))For employee home offices, the" and insert "The"
On page 2, beginning on line 30, after "until" strike all material through "administration." on page 3, line 4 and insert "((and to the extent required by congress or the federal occupational safety and health administration))causation and remedies have been conclusively established by a preponderance of the medical and scientific community."
EFFECT: Removes the bill's repeal of the restriction on regulating work-related musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomics for nonhome offices and the provisions limiting the Department of Labor and Industries from adopting more than one industry or occupation standard per year until 1-1-2027 and instead provides that the Department of Labor and Industries may not adopt similar rules until causation and remedies have been conclusively established by a preponderance of the medical and scientific community.
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