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Statement of Principles on State Workers’ Compensation Reform
Preamble Government policy should encourage fair and sustainable state-based workers’ compensation laws that provide quality medical care and benefits to injured workers, and focus on workplace safety and successful return-to-work…
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Workers’ Compensation as Exclusive Remedy Resolution
Model Resolution {Title} WHEREAS, since the early 1900s every state has adopted some type of workers’ compensation system that provides workers with medical, wage loss, and other benefits on a…
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Workers’ Compensation Medical Records Disclosure Act
Model Policy Section 1. {Title.} This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Workers’ Compensation Medical Records Disclosure Act. Section 2. {Definitions} For purposes of this Act,…
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Workers’ Compensation Fraud Warning Act
Model Policy Section 1. {Short Title} The Workers’ Compensation Fraud Warning Act Section 2. {Legislative Declarations} The state finds and declares that: A. Workers’ compensation fraud is the largest source…
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Susan Lynn
Lynn has earned a reputation for being a conservative champion of limited government, states’ rights, capitalism, and our constitutional freedoms. She does not consider herself a politician but a public…
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How (Not) to Make it in New York: Albany’s Record-Breaking Taxes and Spending
Growing up just outside of New York City on Long Island, I’ve been hearing Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” for as long as I can remember. Sinatra famously…
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State of the State: New Mexico
In short, it’s not that things in New Mexico are getting worse; they’re just stuck in low gear. According to ALEC’s Rich States, Poor States, economic performance remains in the bottom third of all states; economic outlook is stuck at 34th place nationally, just one spot better than back in 2010. This lackluster outlook persisted during the energy boom years of 2010-2013. In fact, from 2004-2014, only ten states had lower gross domestic product growth than New Mexico. It’s no surprise that the state experienced negative domestic migration in 2016 for the fourth consecutive year in a row.
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Health Savings Account Act
Health Savings Account Act Summary A bill to permit the establishment and maintenance of health savings accounts; to provide penalties and remedies; to exempt contributions from taxation; and…
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Truth in Damages Act
Section 1. {Title} This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Truth in Damages Act. Section 2. {Definitions} The following words, as used in this Act, shall…
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Elimination of Double Recoveries Act
Summary ALEC’s model Elimination of Double Recoveries Act allows the admission into evidence of proof of collateral source payments made or likely to be made as compensation for…
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New Yorkers Get Next to Nothing for Their High State Taxes: Rich States, Poor States in the New York Post
In her latest opinion piece, the New York Post‘s Betsy McCaughey noted New York’s last-place finish in the 17th edition of Rich States, Poor…
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An Act to Prevent Lawsuit Abuse Regarding Ethylene Oxide Emissions
An Act relating to ethylene oxide emissions; creating an exclusive cause of action for ethylene oxide exposure actions; providing that a plaintiff may prevail in an ethylene oxide exposure action…
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Sound Pension Reform Helps States Keep the Promise
Recently, ALEC published Unaccountable and Unaffordable, 7th Edition, the annual report analyzing unfunded pension liabilities for every state, as part of ALEC portfolio of 50 years of Trusted…
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Report Ranks New York Lowest in Nation for Economic Outlook: Rich States, Poor States in The Observer
The Observer highlights New York’s dreadful economic outlook based on the findings in The 16th edition of Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index. New…
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State Legislator of the Month, September 2022: Assemblyman Robert J. Smullen
Assemblyman Robert J. Smullen New York State Assembly, District 118 First Assumed Office: 2019 It is our privilege to announce New York Assemblyman Robert J. Smullen as this…
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Tackling $8.28 Trillion in Unfunded State Pension Liabilities
In the sixth edition of Unaccountable and Unaffordable, the authors observed that unfunded state pension liabilities in the United States today stand at a whopping $8.28 trillion, a…
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Arizona Leads Again by Banning Union Release Time
With the explosion of remote work due to COVID-19 came managerial concerns about employees not working or even working another job during business hours. While workers have largely allayed…
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Uniform Worker Classification Act
Section 1. {Short Title.} This Act shall be known as the Uniform Worker Classification Act. Section 2. {Legislative Declarations.} FINDINGS: The Legislature Finds: (A) Recent developments in the workforce marketplace, and…
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Resolution in Support of Public Defense
Resolution in Support of Public Defense WHEREAS, the United States Constitution guarantees “[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right . . . to have the…
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Occupational Licensing Review Act (Formerly part of Occupational Board Reform Model Act)
Occupational Licensing Review Act Formerly part of Occupational Board Reform Model Act A Bill for an Act relating to occupational regulations; establishing the state…