HB-373

Some significant legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Senator Poore during the 2014 session.

Major overhaul of Worker’s Compensation law to control the rate of premium growth in Delaware. Changes include a 33 percent reduction in medical costs, phased in over three years, that sets absolute cost caps as a percentage of Medicare per-procedure allowables, and increases independence for the state’s Ratepayer Advocate and the committee charged with overseeing cost-control practices of carriers.