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PUBLIC LAW 91-596-DEC. 29, 1970

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(•1) Eight members of the Workmen's Compensation Commission Quorum. shall constitute a quorum. (d)(1) The Workmen's Compensation Commission shall undertake Study. a comprehensive study and evaluation of State workmen's compensation laws in order to determine if such laws provide an adequate, prompt, and equitable system of compensation. Such study and evaluation shall include, without being limited to, the following subjects: (A) the amount and duration of permanent and temporary disability benefits and the criteria for determining the maximum limitations thereon, (B) the amount and duration of medical benefits and provisions insuring adequate medical care and free choice of physician, (C) the extent of coverage of workers, including exemptions based on numbers or type of employment, (D) standards for determining which injuries or diseases should be deemed compensable, (E) rehabilitation, (F) coverage under second or subsequent mjury funds, (G) time limits on filing claimSj (H) waiting periods, (I) compulsory or elective coverage, (J) administration, (K) legal expenses, (L) the feasibility and desirability of a uniform system of reporting information concerning job-related injuries and diseases and the operation of workmen's coinpensation laws, (M) the resolution of conflict of laws, extraterritoriality and similar problems arising from claims with multistate aspects, (N) the extent to which private insurance carriers are excluded from supplying workmen's compensation coverage and the desirability of such exclusionary practices, to the extent they are found to exist, (O) the relationship between workmen's compensation on the one hand, and old-age, disability, and survivors insurance and other types of insurance, public or private, on the other hand, (P) methods of implementing the recommendations of the Commission. Report (2) The Workmen's Compensation Commission shall transmit tc dent and to PresiConthe President and to the Congress not later than July 31, 1972, a final g r e s s. report containing a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable. (e)(1) The Workmen's Compensation Commission or, on the Hearings. authorization of the Workmen's Compensation Commission, any subcommittee or members thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title, hold such hearings, take such testimony, and sit and act at such times and places as the Workmen's Compensation Commission deems advisable. Any member authorized by the Workmen's Compensation Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Workmen's Compensation Commission or any subcommittee or members thereof. (2) Each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of the Government, including independent agencies, is authorized and directed to furnish to the Workmen's Compensation Commission, upon request made by the Chairman or Vice Chairman, such information as the Workmen's Compensation Commission deems necessary to carry out its functions under this section. (f) Subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Workmen's Compensation Commission, the Chairman shall have the power to— (1) appoint and fix the compensation of an executive director, and such additional staff personnel as he deems necessary, with378. out regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov- 80uStat. 101 et 5 se erning appointments in the competitive service, and without seq. regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap ter 53 of such"title relating to classification and General Schedule 5331"^*^ ^^°^'

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