WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE

See also WORKERS COMPENSATION

Actuaries, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.095

Assessments

Assigned risk plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Workers' compensation insurance companies, special compensation fund, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129

Assets, assigned risk plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Assigned risk plan

Deductibles, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.081

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251, 79.252, 79.253

Rejected risks, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.252, 176.185

Authority to issue, generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 60A.06

Benefits, injuries, motor vehicle maintenance or use

Rebates or reductions, Minn. Statutes 2005 65B.61

Burden of proof

Rates, reasonable profit, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.55

Rates and rating plans, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.561

Business associations, failure to provide, fines, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.182

Cable communication systems, pole, duct, and conduit agreements, Minn. Statutes 2005 238.41

Cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Certificates and certification, residential building contractors

License applications, Minn. Statutes 2005 326.89

Certificates of insurance, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.130

Claims

Assigned risk plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Fraudulent claims, disclosure of information, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.861

Negligently paid claims, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.531

Unfair settlement practices, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2005 72A.201

Unique patient identification numbers, use, Minn. Statutes 2005 62J.54

Commerce Department

Rulemaking authority, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.51

Compulsory insurance, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.181

Contested cases

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.10

Rates and rating plans, approval, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.561

Coverage

All states coverage, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.252

Assigned risk plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.252

Cosmetologists, Minn. Statutes 2005 155A.08

Cosmetology schools, Minn. Statutes 2005 155A.09

Employers' refusal to offer continued employment, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.82

Estheticians, Minn. Statutes 2005 155A.08

Health and accident insurance recipients, refusal to cover, Minn. Statutes 2005 62A.22

Manicurists, Minn. Statutes 2005 155A.08

Small employer health benefit plans, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2005 62L.02

State, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.541

Data service organizations, see DATA SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Deductibles, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.081

Definitions

Medical assistance, Minn. Statutes 2005 256B.421

Workers' compensation insurance, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.01, 79.52

Discrimination

Premiums, unfair discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.55

Rates, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.074, 176.201

Dividend rates, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.074

Eligibility, foster grandparents program, employees, Minn. Statutes 2005 256.976

Employees

Costs, agreements, void, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.184

Investigations, identity of person requesting, access restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2005 13.791, 176.184

Notice given, investigation request, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.184

Notice received, insurance, provision, effect, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Employers

Assigned risk plan, coverage, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Authority to insure, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.181

Charges or deductions, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Consulting, safety, assigned risk plan, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Improper withholding, fines, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.184

Lessors of employees, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.255

Lists or names, state agencies, supplying for insurance verification, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.186

Notice given, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.184, 176.185

Refusal to offer continued employment, payments not covered, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.82

Risk classification groups, assigned risk plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Employment status, individuals, tax return data

Information exchanges, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.181, 270B.14

Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.194

Fines

Business associations, failure to provide, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.182

Businesses, failure to provide, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.182

Costs, improper withholding, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Rates and rating plans, failure to file, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.56

Workers' compensation insurance companies, payment violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.194, 176.231

Fraud, see Insurance fraud under FRAUD

Fringe benefit, workers' compensation insurance defined as, Minn. Statutes 2005 256B.421

Health and accident insurance, refusal prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2005 62A.22

Health plans, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2005 62A.011

Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.184

Insurers, see Workers' compensation insurance companies under this topic

Investigations

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.10

Identity of person requesting investigation, access restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2005 13.791, 176.184

Uninsured employers, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.184

Lessors of employees, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.255

Local governments, emergency management, Minn. Statutes 2005 12.331

Merit rating plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Metropolitan Radio Board, Minn. Statutes 2005 403.23

Mutual insurance companies, limitation of risk, Minn. Statutes 2005 66A.08

No-fault automobile insurance, Minn. Statutes 2005 65B.61

Nursing homes, medical assistance reimbursements, plans, Minn. Statutes 2005 256B.431, 256B.501

Orders

Compliance, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.10

Exemption, compulsory insurance, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.181

Policies

Approval, private self-insurers, Minn. Statutes 2005 79A.06, 79A.11

Cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129, 176.185

Commercial self-insurance groups, applications, Minn. Statutes 2005 79A.21

Endorsement, persons covered, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.041

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 60A.352, 176.185

Issuance, Minn. Statutes 2005 79A.06, 79A.11, 176.185

Liability, assumption, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.051

Private employers who are self-insurers, Minn. Statutes 2005 79A.06

Transportation Department employees, costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2005 161.11

Policyholders

Distributions to, see Excess surplus distributions under WORKERS COMPENSATION REINSURANCE ASSOCIATION

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.085

Private self-insurers, cessation of self-insurance, effect, Minn. Statutes 2005 79A.06

Refunds, distributions, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.361

Preinjury wages, employers' refusal to offer continued employment, not covered, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.82

Premiums

Adjustment, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Assessments, assigned risk plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Assigned risk premiums, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251, 79.253

Calculation, method, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.53

Credits, merit rating plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Debits, merit rating plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Experience modification factor revisions, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.211

Gross premiums, Minn. Statutes 2005 297I.01

Included wages, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.211

Insurance taxes, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.252

Payment, Transportation Department employees, from trunk highway fund, Minn. Statutes 2005 161.11

Payroll, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.211

Premiums determined by audit, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2005 60A.08

Rates, see same under this topic

Rebates or reductions, Minn. Statutes 2005 65B.61

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.55

Risk premiums, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.55

Special compensation fund, surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129, 297I.01

Standard workers' compensation premium, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129

Threshold, rates and rating plans, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.56

Purchase, tax-forfeited lands, Minn. Statutes 2005 282.04

Purposes of law, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.50

Ramsey County, sheriff's personnel, benefits for, Minn. Statutes 2005 383A.20

Rates

Amendments, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.561

Approval, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.561

Comparison, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.55

Data service organizations, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.211

Deductible policies, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.081

Discounts permitted, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.55

Dividends, discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.074

Excessive rates, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.55

Filing, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.56

Implementation, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.56, 79.561

Insurers, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.211

Investigations, casualty actuaries, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.095

Rating factors, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.55

Regulation, exemption from law, Minn. Statutes 2005 70A.02

Standards, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.55

Rating plans

Filing fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 60A.14

Fines, filing violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.56

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.561

Merit rating plans, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.60

Reports about, prompt payment of claims, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.223

Request for rehabilitation, notice, failure to give

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.102

Requirements

Businesses, licensing, failure to provide coverage, fine, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.182

Proof of insurance, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.184

Public work contracts, evidence of coverage, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.182

Reserves, assigned risk plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

State agencies, employer records, providing, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.186

State fund mutual insurance company, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.36, 290.05, 297I.05

Subpoenas, inspections, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.184

Supplemental nursing services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2005 144A.72

Violations and penalties

Employers, costs, charges, or deductions, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Lessors of employees, registration violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.255

Rates, disabled persons, discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.201

Workers' Compensation Insurance Association

Logging industry data, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.130

Workers' compensation insurance companies

Assessments, special compensation fund, liabilities, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129

Burden of proof, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.55, 79.561

Compensation payments, employees' full wages, reporting, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.221

Consulting, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.085

Data collection, see under HEALTH CARE

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.138, 176.861

Discrimination, rates, disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.201

Employer, insurance company acting for, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.253

Fines, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129, 176.194, 176.231

Government controlled or owned companies, Minn. Statutes 2005 60A.035

Group purchasers

Generally, see Group purchasers under HEALTH CARE

Health care cost containment data, reporting, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2005 62J.38

Health care providers, managed care plans, cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.1351

Immunity, workers' compensation claims, disclosure of information, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.861

Income and franchise taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2005 290.05, 290.0922

Information given, Workers' Compensation Insurance Association, filings, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.60

Insolvency, effect on employer, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Insurers association, see WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURERS ASSOCIATION

Liability, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.135, 176.191, 176.295, 176.66

Licenses, suspension, revocation, or cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.194, 176.195, 176.201

Losses, penalties attributable to employers, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.221

Medical health care review, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.103

Memberships, data service organizations, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.60

Merit rating plans, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.60

Notice given

Attorney fees, release to employees, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.081

Claims, settlement, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.522

Compensation, duration, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.101

Deductibles, information about, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.081

Dependents' allowance, payment, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.111

Disputed liability, public assistance recipients, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.191

Issuance of policies, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Midterm cancellation, trucker employers, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Minor or incapacitated employees, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.092

Occupational health loss control, consulting services, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.085

Policies, cancellation or termination by insured, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Safety consultation services, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.085

Notice received

Election of coverage, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.041

Employee deaths, appointment of personal representatives, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.111

Insured, cancellation or termination of policy, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.185

Rates and rating plan filing, insufficiencies, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.56

Special compensation fund, assessments, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129

Termination of coverage, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.041

Payments by, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251, 79.60

Payments to, deductibles, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.081

Permitted activities, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.60

Premium rate schedules, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.211

Rates, see same under this topic

Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.60

Reports about, compliance with law, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.195

Reports given

Annual report, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.60

Excessive, inappropriate, or unnecessary treatment, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.103

Injury or death, substitute reports, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.231

Medical data, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.83

Paid indemnity losses, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129

Special compensation fund, required reports, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129

Standard workers' compensation premiums, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129

Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.081, 176.231

Reserves, assigned risk plan, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.251

Rulemaking, medical data, reporting, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.83

Violations and penalties

Additional awards, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.225, 176.231

Agreements with data service organizations, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.59

Benefits, failure to pay, fines, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.231

Complaints, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.195

Contested cases, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.195

Disputed items, nonpayment, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.106

Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.59

Licenses, suspension, revocation, or cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.194, 176.195, 176.201

Monopolization, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.59

Nonpayment, fines, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.194

Rate discrimination, disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.201

Reporting violations, fines, Minn. Statutes 2005 176.129

Restraint of trade, Minn. Statutes 2005 79.59

Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, see WORKERS COMPENSATION REINSURANCE ASSOCIATION

Workers' compensation self-insurance, see WORKERS COMPENSATION SELF-INSURANCE