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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 463

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives R. King, Walker and Cole; by request of Department of Labor and Industries

Read first time 1/28/87 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to payment of fees and charges for self-insureds; and adding a new section to chapter 51.36 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 51.36 RCW to read as follows:

          All fees and medical charges under this title shall conform to regulations promulgated by the director and shall be paid within sixty days of receipt by the self-insured of a proper billing in the form prescribed by department rule or sixty days after the claim is allowed by final order or judgment, if an otherwise proper billing is received by the self-insured prior to final adjudication of claim allowance.  The self-insured shall pay interest at the rate of one percent per month, but at least one dollar per month, whenever the payment period exceeds the applicable sixty-day period on all proper fees and medical charges.