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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1082
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C 337 L 85
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1985 Regular Session
By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Bristow, Wang, Patrick, McMullen, R. King, Sayan, K. Wilson and Haugen; by Joint Select Committee on Workers' Compensation request)
Read first time 3/27/85 and passed to Committee on Rules.
AN ACT Relating to retrospective and experience rating for accident and medical aid fund premiums under industrial insurance; adding a new section to chapter 51.36 RCW; and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. It is the intent of the legislature to require the department of labor and industries to implement experience rating and retrospective rating of both accident and medical aid fund premiums no later than January 1, 1989.
The legislature believes that experience rating industrial insurance premiums is a proven method of rewarding employers who promote workplace safety and can provide a significant incentive for employers and employees to reduce work related injuries. However, the legislature finds that before experience rating is implemented it is necessary to study its potential impact on small and large employers.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The department of labor and industries shall report to the commerce and labor committees of the house of representatives and senate no later than December 1, 1986, regarding its plan to implement experience and retrospective rating of the medical aid fund premium, and the impact of experience rating on employer and employee medical aid fund premium rates, including but not limited to the average change in premium rates and the maximum and minimum modification factors for small and large employers.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 51.36 RCW to read as follows:
An employer may request review of billings for any medical and surgical services received by a worker by submitting written notice to the department. The department shall investigate the billings and determine whether the worker received services authorized under this title. Whenever such medical or surgical services are determined to be unauthorized, the department shall not charge the costs of such services to the employer's account.