Since the blog entries on January 12th, 19th, 26th, and 27th, the Utah Legislature is now considering additional bills that may affect employers and employees in Utah.
House Legislation:
House Bill 144, Medical Language Interpreter Act. This bill provides certification for certain types of medical language interpreters and criminalizes a person's representation that he or she is a certified medical language interpreter if he or she is not.
House Bill 145, Workplace Drug Testing Programs. This bill amends the current drug-testing statute applicable to private employers by modifying definitions, modifying procedures related to confirmation of tests, requiring certification of medical review officers, and modifying provisions related to use of test information.
House Bill 269, Anesthesiologist Assistants. This bill requires the licensing for anesthesiolgist assistants.
House Bill 271, Workers' Compensation-Uninsured Employers' Fund. This bill proposes to change certain collection practice of the Uninsured Employers' Fund.
House Bill 291, County Personnel Amendments. This bill proposes to extend the probationary period for a county employee to 270 day and eliminates a county's ability to extend the probationary period.
House Joint Resolution 13, Teacher Performance Pay. This resolution encourages the legislature
to develop performance pay or differential pay plans for public school teacher.
Senate Legislation:
Senate Bill 48, Teacher Licensing by Competency Amendments. This bill provides that a person may obtain a competency-based license to teach.
Senate Bill 120, Workers' Compensation Act - Medical Reports. This bill makes changes to the delivery of medical reports under the Workers' Compensation Act.
Senate Bill 121, Workers' Compensation - Attorney Fees. This bill proposes changes to the determination of the award of attorney fees in Workers' Compensation cases.
Senate Bill 126, State Personnel Management Act Amendments. This bill proposes to allow a department head to disapprove the reappointment of an employee from a reappointment register.
Senate Bill 127, Retirement Amendments. This bill modifies the Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act by amending provisions related to the retirement systems.
Senate Bill 137, Physical Therapy Practice Act. This bill establishes and modifies licensing provisions for physical therapists.
Senate Bill 139, Employer Election Retirement Amendments. This bill modifies the Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act by adding certain conversion windows.
Senate Bill 145, Public Safety Retirees Death Benefit Revisions. This bill modifies the Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act by amending death benefit provisions for the public safety and judges contributory and noncontributory systems.Labels: Benefits, Educators, Government Employees, Government Employer, Legislation, Licensure, Salary, Utah Legislation