HB 2123.E - DIGEST |
(DIGEST AS ENACTED) |
Addresses the workers' compensation system relating to: (1) Creating the Washington stay-at-work program; |
(2) Eliminating the cost-of-living adjustment for fiscal year 2012 and delaying the first cost-of-living adjustment; |
(3) Claim resolution structured settlement agreements; |
(4) Deducting prior permanent partial disability awards from pensions and eliminating interest on unpaid permanent partial disability benefits; |
(5) Safety and health investment grants; and |
(6) Worker, employer, and provider fraud. |
Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee, in consultation with the department of labor and industries and the workers' compensation advisory committee, to conduct a performance audit of the workers' compensation claims management system. Expires December 31, 2015. |
Requires the department of labor and industries to: (1) Create a Washington stay-at-work account; and |
(2) Contract with an independent entity with research experience in workers' compensation issues to study occupational disease claims in the workers' compensation system. |
Creates an industrial insurance rainy day fund. |