SENATE BILL REPORT

SHB 937

BYHouse Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Jacobsen, Lux, R. King, Appelwick, Wang and Cole)

Establishing time limit for forwarding of industrial insurance claims information by self-insurers.

House Committe on Commerce & Labor

Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor

Senate Hearing Date(s):March 23, 1987

Majority Report:     Do pass.

     Signed by Senators Warnke, Chairman; Smitherman, Vice Chairman; Anderson, Lee, Sellar, Vognild, West, Williams.

Senate Staff:Dave Cheal (786-7576)

                March 27, 1987

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & LABOR, MARCH 27, 1987

BACKGROUND:

Employers who are self-insured under Washington's industrial insurance system are required to make reports on their claims under specific circumstances and in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Labor and Industries.

SUMMARY:

If a worker or self-insured employer requests a determination from the Department on an industrial insurance claim, the self-insurer is required to forward all medical reports and other specified information to the Department of Labor and Industries, if not previously submitted.  All information on a claim in the possession of the self-insurer must be forwarded within ten days of receiving a request by certified mail from the Department.

Fiscal Note:    none requested

Senate Committee - Testified:   No one