Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 22LSO-0323
Bill No.:
HB0059
Effective:
Immediately
LSO No.:
22LSO-0323
Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0006
Chapter No.:
16
Prime Sponsor:
Joint Appropriations Committee
Catch Title:
Worker's compensation-COVID-19.
Subject:
COVID-19 worker's compensation injures.
Summary/Major Elements:
In 2020, the Legislature passed Senate File 1002 (2020 Wyo. Spec. Sess. Laws, Ch. 2), which established that a COVID-19 illness would be presumed to be an injury covered under the worker's compensation program from January 1, 2020, to December 30, 2020, and
provided that
COVID-19 related claims made on or before December 30, 2020, would not be included in an employer's experience rating.
In 2021, the Legislature passed Senate File 0019 (2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws, Ch. 118), which extended the
time period
for which a COVID-19 illness would be presumed to be an injury covered under the worker's compensation program to March 31, 2022, but it did not extend the time period for which such claims would not be included in an employer's experience rating.
This act extends and amends the
time period
for which compensable injures rated to COVID-19 will not be included in employer's experience rating.
It applies to injuries that occur before March 31, 2022, and that are filed before March 31, 2023.
The act also repeals language requiring that available federal relief funds be deposited in the worker's compensation fund to cover the estimated cost of the coverage provided for COVID-19 illnesses.
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.
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22LSO-0323
ORIGINAL House
Bill No
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HB0059
ENROLLED ACT NO. 6,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to worker's compensation; amending the experience rating system requirements for claims related to COVID-19; repealing a fund transfer; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 27
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14
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201(u) is amended to read:
27
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14
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201.
Rates and classifications; rate surcharge.
(u)
No
compensable
injury related to COVID
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19
that occurs during the period beginning January 1, 2020 and ending March 31, 2022
for which coverage is provided under this act and for which a claim was filed on or before
December 30, 2020
March 31, 2023
shall be chargeable to an employer's experience rating under this section.
The division shall estimate the cost to the fund of an injury subject to this subsection and shall deposit into the fund or dedicate within the fund the amount of the estimated cost but only to the extent federal monies are available for that purpose from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, P.L. 116
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136, or from any other available federal monies related to the COVID
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19 emergency response.
Section 2.
This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
(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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