Tennessee SB 1981: Workers Compensation - 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.

Status: Pub. Ch. 845 (as of 2026-05-05)

State: Tennessee · Session: 114 · Bill: SB 1981

Subjects: Workers Compensation

Sponsors: Briggs

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