SB 1981: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 6, relative to workers' compensation.

Summary

As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

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May 5, 2026

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