PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Self insurance application, financial and administrative processes.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 51.14.020(7), 51.14.150(4), 51.14.160.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: These rules clarify department requirements regarding application for and financial and administrative processing of self insured workers' compensation programs.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: An advisory committee with employer representatives met to develop the existing self insurance application, financial and administrative processing rules under Executive Order 97-02 criteria. Drafts will be shared with all stakeholders, and comments will be taken through the normal rule development and public hearing process.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Joyce Walker, Program Manager, Self Insurance, Department of Labor and Industries, P.O. Box 44890, Olympia, WA 98504-4890, phone (360) 902-6907, fax (360) 902-6900.
June 30, 1999
Gary Moore
Director