Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2204: An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in liability and compensation, further providing for schedule of compensation and for physical examination or expert interview.
Status: In committee, February 9, 2026
What the bill says
An act defining the liability of an employer to pay damages for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment; establishing an elective schedule of compensation; providing procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder; and prescribing penalties," in liability and compensation, further providing for schedule of compensation and for physical examination or expert interview.
From the introduced text, February 9, 2026:
An act defining the liability of an employer to pay damages for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment; establishing an elective schedule of compensation; providing procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder; and prescribing penalties," in liability and compensation, further providing for schedule of compensation and for physical examination or expert interview. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Sections 306(a.3)(1) and 314(b) of the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, are amended to read: Section 306. The following schedule of compensation is hereby established: * * * (a.3) (1) When an employe has received total disability compensation pursuant to clause (a) for a period of one hundred and four weeks, unless otherwise agreed to, the employe shall be required to submit to a medical examination which shall be requested by the insurer within sixty days upon the expiration of the one hundred and four weeks to determine the degree of impairment due to the compensable injury, if any. The degree of impairment shall be determined based upon an evaluation by a physician who is licensed in this Commonwealth[,] and who is certified by an American Board of Medical Specialties-approved board or its osteopathic equivalent [and who is active in …