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HB0033 • 2015

Workers'' compensation premiums-experience modification.

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation; amending the limits on employers' experience modification rate as specified; requiring a report; and providing for an effective date.

Labor
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Labor
Last action
2015-02-25
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2015

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Amendments

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HB0033HS001

Standing Committee • House Labor

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by House Labor

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HB0033S2001

2nd reading • Scott

Corrected, Adopted

Plain English: Corrected, Adopted 2nd reading by Scott

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Bill History

  1. 2015-02-25 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2015-02-25 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0014

  3. 2015-02-20 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0014

  4. 2015-02-20 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0014

  5. 2015-02-17 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0014

  6. 2015-02-17 House

    H Concur:Passed 59-0-1-0-0

  7. 2015-02-12 House

    H Received for Concurrence

  8. 2015-02-12 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0

  9. 2015-02-11 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  10. 2015-02-11 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  11. 2015-02-10 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Laid Back

  12. 2015-02-09 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  13. 2015-02-09 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  14. 2015-02-09 Senate

    Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  15. 2015-02-04 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor

  16. 2015-01-26 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  17. 2015-01-21 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0

  18. 2015-01-21 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  19. 2015-01-20 House

    H COW:Passed

  20. 2015-01-20 House

    Amendment Adopted

  21. 2015-01-19 House

    H Placed on General File

  22. 2015-01-19 House

    Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  23. 2015-01-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor

  24. 2015-01-13 House

    H Received for Introduction

  25. 2015-01-02 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0033
Effective

Date:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0016

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 14

Chapter No.:
16

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Workers' compensation premiums-experience modification.

Subject:
Amends EMR calculation

Summary/Major Elements:

Current law at W.S. 27-
14-201(d) provides for a worker’
s compensation premium experience modification rate (EMR
), which adjusts an employer’
s base
premium
rate to reflect th
at
employer’
s claims experience.

This bill:

Amends the EMR calculation by increasing the maximum
experience
modification from ± 65% to ± 85%
of the base rate
beginning
with the 2017 rate
year
;

Authorizes the Workers’
Compensation Division
to amend the EMR formula to reflect frequency of claims as well as claim costs;

Directs the Department to develop a plan for an EMR calculation that recognizes at least four size categories of employers.

Comment
:
Requires a report from the Department of Workforce Services to the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee regarding EMR employer size bands.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0033

ENROLLED ACT NO.
14
,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation; amending the limits on employers' experience modification rate as specified; requiring a report; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 27
‑
14
‑
201(
d) is amended to read:

27
‑
14
‑
201
.

Rates and classifications; rate surcharge.

(d)

In addition, the plan of rating shall use an experience rating system based on three (3) years claim experience, or as much thereof as is available, for employers enrolled under it. This system shall reward employers with a better than average claim experience, penalize employers with a worse than average claim experience and may provide for premium volume discount so long as the account remains actuarially sound. Discounts from or penalties added to base employment classification rates because of claim experience shall not exceed sixty
‑
five percent (65%)

for rates through calendar year 2016 and shall not exceed eighty
‑
five percent (85%) for
rates
beginning with
calendar year 201
7
. The experience rating of the employer against whom a claim is made shall be charged only that proportion of total benefits payable equal to the percentage that employment with that employer contributes to the cause of the injury.

Section 2.

In modifying the experience rating system, the department shall implement the use of frequency of claims as well as cost of claims. The department may plan for and develop regulations for, including receiving and evaluating public comments, a rate band system with a minimum of four (4) rate bands for limits on the employer's experience modification rate. The department shall report
its recommendation on the experience rating bands to be used to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee at a time agreed to between the department and the committee.

Section
3
.

This
act is effective July 1, 2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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