SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1837, 2nd Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 251026
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11 Senator Campbell moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 41. It is the intent of the Legislature to
18 create a state mutual insurance fund for workers'
19 compensation, effective January 1, 2005, if the workers'
20 compensation rates do not decrease by 20 percent on or before
21 January 1, 2005.
22 Section 42. (1) There is established a Joint Select
23 Committee on Workers' Compensation Rating Reform. The
24 committee shall study the merits of requiring each workers'
25 compensation insurer to individually file its expense and
26 profit portion of a rate filing, while permitting each insurer
27 to use a lost-cost filing made by a licensed rating
28 organization. The committee shall also study options for the
29 current prior-approval system for workers' compensation rate
30 filings, including, but not limited to, rate filing procedures
31 that would promote greater competition and encourage insurers
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1 to write workers' compensation coverage in the state while
2 protecting employers from rates that are excessive,
3 inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory.
4 (2) The committee shall be composed of three Senators
5 appointed by the President of the Senate and three
6 Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of
7 Representatives. The appointed members of the committee shall
8 elect a chair and vice chair. The staffs of the Senate Banking
9 and Insurance Committee and the House Insurance Committee
10 shall serve as staff for the committee. The Department of
11 Financial Services and the Office of Insurance Regulation
12 shall provide information and assistance as requested by the
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14 (3) The committee shall issue its final report and
15 recommendations to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
16 of the House of Representatives by December 1, 2003.
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22 And the title is amended as follows:
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26 providing legislative intent with respect to
27 creating a state mutual insurance fund for
28 workers' compensation; establishing a Joint
29 Select Committee on Workers' Compensation
30 Rating Reform; providing for membership;
31 requiring the committee to issue a report and
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