The Florida Senate

440.59  Reporting requirements.--

(1)  The Department of Labor and Employment Security shall annually prepare a report of the administration of this chapter for the preceding calendar year, including a detailed statement of the receipts of and expenditures from the fund established in s. 440.50 and a statement of the causes of the accidents leading to the injuries for which the awards were made, together with such recommendations as the department considers advisable. On or before September 15 of each year, the department shall submit a copy of the report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Democratic and Republican Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over workers' compensation.

(2)  The Division of Workers' Compensation of the Department of Labor and Employment Security shall complete on a quarterly basis an analysis of the previous quarter's injuries which resulted in workers' compensation claims. The analysis shall be broken down by risk classification, shall show for each such risk classification the frequency and severity for the various types of injury, and shall include an analysis of the causes of such injuries. The division shall distribute to each employer and self-insurer in the state covered by the Workers' Compensation Law the data relevant to its workforce. The report shall also be distributed to the insurers authorized to write workers' compensation insurance in the state.

(3)  The division shall annually prepare a closed claim report for all claims for which the employee lost more than 7 days from work and shall submit a copy of the report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Democratic and Republican Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over workers' compensation on or before September 15 of each year. The closed claim report shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of all claims closed during the preceding year as to the date of accident, age of the injured employee, occupation of the injured employee, type of injury, body part affected, type and duration of indemnity benefits paid, permanent impairment rating, medical benefits identified by type of health care provider, and type and cost of any rehabilitation benefits provided.

(4)  The division shall prepare an annual report for all claims for which the employee lost more than 7 days from work and shall submit a copy of the report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Democratic and Republican Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over workers' compensation, on or before September 15 of each year. The annual report shall include a status report on all cases involving work-related injuries in the previous 10 years. The annual report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of open and closed cases, the number of cases receiving various types of benefits, the cash and medical benefits paid between the date of injury and the evaluation date, the number of litigated cases, and the amount of attorney's fees paid in each case.

(5)  The Chief Judge must prepare an annual report summarizing the disposition of mediation conferences and must submit the report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Democratic and Republican Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over workers' compensation, on or before September 15 of each year.

History.--ss. 17, 23, ch. 78-300; s. 20, ch. 79-7; ss. 45, 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 43, ch. 89-289; ss. 45, 56, ch. 90-201; ss. 43, 52, ch. 91-1; s. 49, ch. 93-415.