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Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF3136

E Modifying certain provisions relating to workers compensation; modifying the
requirement for the appointment of a guardian or conservator for injured minors
relating to the amount of permanent total or partial disability or supplementary
benefits received, creating a presumption of parent as guardian and requiring
the compensation judge to review cases of the receipt of benefits over a certain
amount for lump sum or annuity payment determination purposes; requiring certain
penalties imposed to be payable to the commissioner of labor and industry for
deposit in the assigned risk safety account; specifying certain additional
requirements for payments to estates of deceased employees; requiring and
providing for annual paid indemnity loss reports to the commissioner and annual
commissioner assessments of self insured employers and insurers for special
compensation fund liabilities after determination of the amount needed,
providing for refund of payments made in error; authorizing fund financial
audits of premium reports and commissioner imposition of a penalty for failure
to report; eliminating the requirement for the commissioner to develop a list of
neutral physicians to be available for appointment for examinations purposes;
restricting alteration of information on documents to be filed with the
commissioner, penalties; modifying certain intervention procedures, providing
for motions to intervene, modifying certain filing time limits and eliminating a
certain proposed order requirement; requiring intervenors to attend
administrative conferences, failure to appear at required conferences to result
in the denial of claims for reimbursement; repealing the requirement for
payments to the special compensation fund for total compensation payable for
injuries (mk, ja)