1997 Minnesota Statutes

     79A.32 Reporting to Minnesota workers' compensation 
  insurers' association. 

    Subdivision 1.    Required activity.  Each self-insurer 
 shall perform the following activities: 

    (1) maintain membership in and report loss experience data 
 to the Minnesota workers' compensation insurers association, or 
 a licensed data service organization, in accordance with the 
 statistical plan and rules of the organization as approved by 
 the commissioner; 

    (2) establish a plan for merit rating which shall be 
 consistently applied to all insureds, provided that members of a 
 data service organization may use merit rating plans developed 
 by that data service organization; 

    (3) provide an annual report to the commissioner containing 
 the information and prepared in the form required by the 
 commissioner; and 

    (4) keep a record of the losses paid by the self-insurers 
 and premiums for the group self-insurers. 

    Subd. 2.    Permitted activity.  In addition to any 
 other activities not prohibited by this chapter, self-insurers 
 may: 

    (1) through licensed data service organizations, 
 individually, or with self-insurers commonly owned, managed, or 
 controlled, conduct research and collect statistics to 
 investigate, identify, and classify information relating to 
 causes or prevention of losses; 

    (2) develop and use classification plans and rates based 
 upon any reasonable factors; and 

    (3) develop rules for the assignment of risks to 
 classifications. 

    Subd. 3.    Delayed reporting.  Private self-insurers 
 established under sections 79A.01 to 79A.18 prior to August 1, 
 1995, need not begin filing the reports required under 
 subdivision 1 until January 1, 1998.  

    HIST: 1995 c 231 art 2 s 41