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                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1452

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives O'Brien, Patrick, R. King, Sayan, Leonard, Cole, Heavey and Vekich)

Read first time 2/13/89.

AN ACT Relating to notice of temporary total disability; 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:

          When a worker insured by the state fund or a self-insured employer has received compensation for temporary total disability pursuant to RCW 51.32.090 for thirteen consecutive weeks of disability, the department  shall notify the employment security department in accordance with the requirements of chapter 50.06 RCW.  The notice shall be given within ten working days of the commencement of the fourteenth week in which the worker receives temporary total disability compensation.  The department may adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW establishing reporting requirements for self-insured employers to carry out the purposes of this section.