HB0111 • 2017

County collective accounts.

AN ACT relating to worker's compensation; providing that county governments or county governmental entities may establish a collective system for managing worker's compensation claims and benefits; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Labor

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Representative Barlow
Last action: 2017-03-06
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2017

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2017-03-06 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0052
2017-03-06 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2017-02-23 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0052
2017-02-23 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0052
2017-02-22 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0052
2017-02-22 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2017-02-21 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-02-16 Senate
S COW:Passed
2017-02-06 Senate
S Placed on General File
2017-02-06 Senate
S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2017-02-01 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor
2017-01-27 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2017-01-27 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-0-3-0-0
2017-01-26 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-01-25 House
H COW:Passed
2017-01-20 House
H Placed on General File
2017-01-20 House
H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2017-01-16 House
H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor
2017-01-11 House
H Received for Introduction
2017-01-10 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
HB0111
Effective
:

7/1/2017

LSO No.:
17LSO-0423

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0052

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Barlow

Catch Title:
County collective accounts.

Subject:
Collective workers' c
ompensation
accounts for c
ounties

Summary/Major Elements:

This act provides
that
a group of county governments or a group of county governmental entities
, upon approval of the
Department of Workforce Services Workers' Compensation Division
, may
establish a collective system to report payroll, pay premiums, process injury reports and manage claims.

The act requires the Division to adopt rules to implement the act.

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
.
HB0111

ENROLLED ACT NO. 52,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF
THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

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

Section
1
.

W.S. 27
‑
14
‑
109 is created to read:

27
‑
14
‑
109
.

Collective system for
county governments or
county
governmental entities.

The division, upon
application
, may allow county governments or
county
governmental entities to establish a collective system to report payroll, pay premiums, process injury reports, manage claims and provide other services
required under this chapter for the employees of the
county governments or
county
governmental entities
. The division shall
adopt
rules and regulations to implement this section.

Section 2
.

W.S. 27
‑
14
‑
102
(
a)(viii) by creating a new subparagraph (K) is amended to read:

27
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14
‑
102
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(viii)

"Employer" means any person or entity employing an employee engaged in any extrahazardous occupation or electing coverage under W.S. 27
‑
14
‑
108(
j) or (k) and at least one (1) of whose employees is described in W.S. 27
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14
‑
301. "Employer" includes:

(K)

A
collect
ive group
of county governments or
county
governmental entities
as specified under W.S. 27
‑
14
‑
109.

Section 3
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(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