ALJ Report Issued
Judge Heydinger's ALJ Report in the proposed rules governing Workers' Compensation Permanent Partial Disabilty Schedules, has been issued. The rule now goes to the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry for adoption.
General Information
The Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry's proposed rules governing Workers' Compensation Permanent Partial Disability Schedule (Minnesota Rules, Part 5223) have been assigned to Judge Heydinger. Judge Heydinger will issue a report with respect to the proposed rules in late April. This website is intended to provide useful and timely information about the rulemaking proceeding.
As part of the rulemaking process, a hearing was held at the Department of Labor & Industry in St. Paul, Minnesota on March 4, 2010. During the hearing, a period of eight calendar days was set for the receipt of written comments regarding the proposed rules. Thus, the initial deadline for the submission of written comments in this rulemaking proceeding is 4:30 p.m. on March 12, 2010.
After the period for submission of written comments ends, state law provides the agency and all interested persons an additional period of five working days for filing a written response to any comments that were submitted during the initial comment period. New matters may not be introduced or raised during this five-day rebuttal period. The five-day rebuttal period will expire at 4:30 p.m. on March 19, 2010.
Interested members of the public can e-mail, mail, fax, or deliver public comments to Judge Heydinger concerning the proposed rules. Her address is as follows:
Hon. Beverly Jones Heydinger
Administrative Law Judge
600 North Robert Street
P.O. Box 64620
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620
rulecomments@state.mn.us
Fax: 651-361-7936
Agency Information
A number of useful documents, including the proposed rule amendments and the Agency's Statement of Need and Reasonableness (SONAR) are available on the Department's Rulemaking Docket. The Rulemaking Docket and other documents are in PDF format.
Public Exhibits
Scanned versions of some of the exhibits in this matter are provided through the links below. Procedural documents have not been scanned.
Public Comments
Comments received outside of the public hearings are combined into batched documents for public review [and are posted below]. The public comment period ends at 4:30 p.m. on March 12, 2010. Replies to these comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on March 19, 2010. These are "received by" deadlines, and commentators are urged to consider that when sending their comments and replies.
Agency Comments
The Department's comments in response to information received in the public hearing and the comment period are set out below.
Last Updated - April 9, 2010