SF3193 Summary

• Self-Insurance Security Requirements: Modifies procedures for calling security deposits from private self-insurers in bankruptcy or insolvency situations, requiring notification to commissioner, meet-and-confer processes with security funds, and revocation of self-insurance certificates within 30 days.

• System Efficiencies: Updates attorney fee structures, medical record request procedures with tiered pricing ($10-$500 maximum), timeline requirements for employer medical examinations (120 days), and petition filing procedures to accelerate dispute resolution.

• Permanent Partial Disability Schedule: Increases compensation amounts across all impairment rating categories for injuries occurring on or after October 1, 2023, and requires Workers' Compensation Advisory Council to review schedule adequacy every two years starting in 2026.

• Hospital Outpatient Fees: Implements 3-4% reductions in hospital outpatient fee schedule payments from October 2023 through October 2025, with annual Medicare-based adjustment mechanisms.

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Study: Requires $500,000 appropriation to conduct comprehensive study on work-related PTSD treatment, prevention, and benefits with report due by August 1, 2025.