First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to workers' compensation, so as to delete the requirement that notice to nonresident parties be sent by certified mail; to change procedures regarding an employee's cooperation with authorized medical treatment; to provide that the granting or denial of social security disability creates no presumption in the determination of whether or not a case is deemed to be catastrophic; to provide time limitations on the submission of medical bills; and for other purposes.