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                                           SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 937

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                                                                            C 290 L 87

 

 

State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

 

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

 

 

Read first time 3/2/87 and referred to Committee on Rules.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to reports by self-insured employers; and adding a new section to chapter 51.32 RCW.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 51.32 RCW to read as follows:

          On any industrial injury claim where the self-insured employer or injured worker has requested a determination by the department, the self-insurer must submit all medical reports and any other specified information not previously submitted to the department.  When the department requests information from a self-insurer by certified mail, the self-insurer shall submit all information in its possession concerning a claim within ten working days from the date of receipt of such certified notice.


                                                                                                                          Passed the House March 13, 1987.

 

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.

 

                                                                                                                           Passed the Senate April 15, 1987.

 

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.