2025 Regular Session • Kentucky Legislature
HB165: AN ACT relating to occupational disease claims.
Legislative Summary
Amend KRS 342.125 to remove the requirement that an affected employee previously diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to coal dust must have an additional two years of employment in the Commonwealth wherein the employee was continuously exposed to the hazards of the disease in order to reopen a claim.
Demographic Impact
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Bill History
1/9/2025
introduced in House
House of Representatives
1/9/2025
to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/9/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Economic Development & Workforce Investment(House of Representatives)
