Title: Excludes Undocumented Immigrants from Workers' Compensation
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits undocumented immigrants from receiving workers' compensation benefits.
Highlights:
Prohibits the payment of wage-loss and medical benefits for work-related injuries or diseases to undocumented immigrants (Sec. 1).
Requires that the collection of any information necessary to determine the immigration status of workers seeking workers' compensation benefits be required of all applicants (Sec. 1).
Authorizes the distribution of workers' compensation benefits in cases where there is insufficient evidence to determine an individual's immigration status (Sec. 1).
Amends the definitions of the terms "employee" and "worker" to exclude immigrants who are not lawfully employed, whereas existing law included such immigrants (Sec. 2).