Committee Tables Work On Reforms 

• The Australian Public Accountability and Works Committee rejected a proposal to make it harder to get workers’ comp benefits for mental injuries. 

• Proposal would have set the whole person impairment threshold to 25% then to 31% to qualify. 

• Current threshold is 21%. 
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NAIC Leadership Change 

• Gary Anderson stepped down as the head of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) “to pursue other professional endeavors.”  

• The association tapped Jeff Johnson, NAIC’s chief regulatory affairs officer, to serve as NAIC’s interim CEO.
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Workers’ Comp Judge Joins Board  

• Shannon Bruno Bishop has been sworn in as a member of International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions’ (IAIABC) Board of Directors.  

• Bishop is a district workers’ comp judge with the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
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