CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1950
Chapter
231, Laws of 2001
57th
Legislature
2001
Regular Legislative Session
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE--WORKER
RIGHTS
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 1/1/02
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Passed by the House April 13, 2001
Yeas 88 Nays 0
 FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
 CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 6, 2001
Yeas 46 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the
House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that
the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1950 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
 CYNTHIA ZEHNDER
Chief Clerk
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief Clerk
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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Approved May 9, 2001 Place Style On Codes
above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
May 9, 2001 - 8:53 a.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1950
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 2001 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/27/2001. Referred to Committee on .
Describing worker rights under industrial insurance.
AN
ACT Relating to worker rights under industrial insurance; amending RCW
51.28.010 and 51.28.020; creating a new section; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
51.28.010 and 1977 ex.s. c 350 s 32 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
Whenever any accident occurs to any worker it shall be the duty of such worker
or someone in his or her behalf to forthwith report such accident to his or her
employer, superintendent, or ((foreman or forewoman)) supervisor
in charge of the work, and of the employer to at once report such accident and
the injury resulting therefrom to the department pursuant to RCW 51.28.025((,
as now or hereafter amended,)) where the worker has received treatment from
a physician, has been hospitalized, disabled from work, or has died as the
apparent result of such accident and injury.
(2)
Upon receipt of such notice of accident, the department shall immediately
forward to the worker or his or her beneficiaries or dependents notification,
in nontechnical language, of their rights under this title. The notice must
specify the worker's right to receive health services from a physician of the
worker's choice under RCW 51.36.010, including chiropractic services under RCW
51.36.015, and must list the types of providers authorized to provide these
services.
Sec.
2. RCW
51.28.020 and 1984 c 159 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)(a)
Where a worker is entitled to compensation under this title he or she shall
file with the department or his or her ((self-insuring)) self-insured
employer, as the case may be, his or her application for such, together with
the certificate of the physician who attended him or her((, and it shall be
the duty of)). An application form developed by the department shall
include a notice specifying the worker's right to receive health services from
a physician of the worker's choice under RCW 51.36.010, including chiropractic
services under RCW 51.36.015, and listing the types of providers authorized to
provide these services.
(b)
The physician ((to)) who attended the injured worker shall
inform the injured worker of his or her rights under this title and ((to))
lend all necessary assistance in making this application for compensation and
such proof of other matters as required by the rules of the department without
charge to the worker. The department shall provide physicians with a manual
which outlines the procedures to be followed in applications for compensation
involving occupational diseases, and which describes claimants' rights and
responsibilities related to occupational disease claims.
(2)
If application for compensation is made to a ((self-insuring)) self-insured
employer, he or she shall forthwith send a copy ((thereof)) of the
application to the department.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3. By
January 1, 2002, the department of labor and industries must develop the forms
required under sections 1 and 2 of this act, and these forms must be in use by
the department and self insured employers by July 1, 2002.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 4. This
act takes effect January 1, 2002.
Passed the House April 13, 2001.
Passed the Senate April 6, 2001.
Approved by the Governor May
9, 2001.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State May 9, 2001.