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HB 183PENNSYLVANIASession 2025-2026State Billpassed chamber

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Pennsylvania expands workers' compensation disfigurement benefits to cover the entire body and increases maximum duration to 400 weeks

Original title: An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in liability and compensation, further providing for schedule of compensation.

Last action · April 9, 2025: Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, April 9, 2025Sponsors: Jason Dawkins and 27 others

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What This Bill Would Do

Pennsylvania House Bill 183 amends the Workers' Compensation Act to expand permanent benefits from covering only the head, neck, or face to covering the entire body. The measure also extends the maximum payment period from 275 weeks to 400 weeks and clarifies that workers can collect disfigurement benefits simultaneously with benefits.

Why it matters

Injured workers with permanent on parts of the body outside the head, neck, or face will become eligible for compensation for the first time, and eligible workers will receive payments for a longer duration. The changes apply to injuries sustained on or after the effective date or where permanent disfigurement is reached on or after that date, taking effect 60 days after enactment.

Background

The Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act establishes the statutory framework for compensating employees injured during the course of their employment. context

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

injured workers

Injured workers become eligible for expanded disfigurement benefits covering the entire body for up to 400 weeks and can receive them simultaneously with disability payments.

Directly affected

employers

Employers and their insurers face extended liability timeframes and expanded compensable bodily areas for workers' compensation disfigurement claims.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What parts of the body are newly covered for disfigurement benefits?

The bill expands permanent coverage from the head, neck, or face to the entire body.

Can an injured worker collect both disability and disfigurement benefits at the same time?

Yes, the bill explicitly clarifies that a claimant is not precluded from collecting both benefits and a benefit simultaneously.

How long is the maximum payment period for disfigurement under the new legislation?

The maximum payment period is increased from 275 weeks to 400 weeks.

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Procedural history

11 actions

Apr 9, 2025SenateCommittee
Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, April 9, 2025
Apr 9, 2025Senate
In the Senate
Apr 7, 2025HouseFloor
Third consideration and final passage, April 7, 2025 (118-85)
Apr 7, 2025HouseCommittee
Re-reported as committed, April 7, 2025
Mar 25, 2025House
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 25, 2025
Mar 25, 2025HouseFloor
Second consideration, March 25, 2025

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Mar 24, 2025House
Removed from table, March 24, 2025
Feb 5, 2025House
Laid on the table, Feb. 5, 2025
Feb 5, 2025HouseIntroduced
First consideration, Feb. 5, 2025
Feb 5, 2025House
Reported as amended, Feb. 5, 2025
Jan 16, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Jan. 16, 2025

Version history & redline

2 versions on file

Comparing Printer's No. 0130 → Printer's No. 0506

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 130 PRINTER'S NO. 506 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 183 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY DAWKINS, BRENNAN, HARKINS, WAXMAN, PIELLI, ISAACSON, McNEILL, GIRAL, FREEMAN, SANCHEZ, KHAN, OTTEN, MALAGARI, KENYATTA, DONAHUE, NEILSON, HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, CIRESI, HOHENSTEIN, SCHLOSSBERG, DALEY AND DALEY, GREEN, CEPEDA- FREYTIZ, CERRATO AND MAYES, JANUARY 16, 2025 REFERRED TO AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 16, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 5, 2025 AN ACT Amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), entitled "An act defining the liability of an employer to pay damages […] hereby established: * * * (c) For all disability resulting from permanent injuries of the following classes, the compensation shall be exclusively as follows: * * *

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