ICT TO HOST WORKERS’ COMP CONFERENCE

The Insurance Council of Texas will host its 2005 Workers’ Compen-sation Conference in Austin on Sept. 7. State Representative Burt Solomons of Carrollton, author of House Bill 7, the broad workers’ compensation legislation passed during the regular session of the 79th Texas Legislature, will be the keynote speaker.

Solomons will be followed by Shannon Phillips Meroney, a senior attorney with Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, who will provide an overview of the workers’ comp legislation. Following Merony will be a panel discussion with: State Rep. Helen Giddings of Desoto, chair of the House Business & Industry Committee; Lucinda Saxon, Governmental Affairs Manager at the Texas Association of Business; Richard Levy, Legal Director of the Texas AFL-CIO; David Henkes, M.D., a Texas physician representing the Texas Medical Association; and Richard S. Geiger of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons.

The luncheon speaker is Jane Stone, a partner at the law firm of Stone Loughlin & Swanson, who will discuss the use of ethics in business.

The afternoon session will offer an overview of legislative changes impacting the indemnity benefit dispute resolution process by Robert Graves, Jr. of the law firm of Burns Anderson Jury & Brenner. Lisa Hannusch, president of the The Hannusch Group will explain the role of healthcare networks in workers’ comp insurance.

The conference concludes with a presentation by Julie Shank, R.N., who will discuss the impact of workers’ comp reform legislation on medical benefits, and other significant issues.

Online registration for the conference is available at www.insurancecouncil.org/WorkersComp. For more information, contact ICT’s Cynthia Haywood at (512) 444-9611 or e-mail chaywood@insurancecouncil.org.

Topics Texas Legislation Workers' Compensation Training Development