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HB17-1119

Payment Of Workers' Compensation Benefits

Concerning the payment of workers' compensation benefits to injured employees of uninsured employers, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Session:
2017 Regular Session
Subjects:
Insurance
Labor & Employment
Bill Summary

The bill creates the 'Colorado Uninsured Employer Act' to create a new mechanism for the payment of covered claims to workers who are injured while employed by employers who do not carry workers' compensation insurance. The bill creates the Colorado uninsured employer fund, which consists of penalties from employers who do not carry workers' compensation insurance.

The bill creates the uninsured employer board to establish the criteria for the payment of benefits, to set rates, to adjust claims, and to adopt rules. The board is required to adopt, by rule, a plan of operation to administer the fund and to institute procedures to collect money due to the fund.


(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Status

Introduced
Passed
Became Law

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