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OH HB123
Bill
Status
4/25/2011
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Bacon
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AI Summary
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Allows the Administrator of Workers' Compensation to waive certain financial and operational criteria that public employers must meet to become self-insuring employers, with the option to require additional security.
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Requires payment of medical and vocational rehabilitation services bills from the Surplus Fund Account when claims are ultimately denied in administrative or judicial proceedings, if services were approved and rendered in good faith before the denial.
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Permits courts to terminate disability benefits of state retirement system members convicted of specific felonies committed while serving in positions of honor, trust, or profit, following a hearing on whether the disabling condition arose from the criminal offense.
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Appropriates $289,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and $289,000,000 for fiscal year 2013 to the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for operations, claims management, fraud prevention, and administrative services.
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Establishes notice requirements for retirement systems to inform prosecutors when members are charged with felonies that could trigger disability benefit termination proceedings.
Legislative Description
To allow the Administrator of Workers' Compensation to waive criteria certain public employers must satisfy to become self-insuring employers; to require bills for medical and vocational rehabilitation services in claims that are ultimately denied to be paid from the Surplus Fund Account under specified circumstances; to make other changes to the Workers' Compensation Law; to provide for termination of the disability benefit of a state retirement system member convicted of certain felonies committed while serving in a position of honor, trust, or profit; to make appropriations for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation and for the Workers' Compensation Council for the biennium beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2013; and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of the Bureau's and the Council's programs.
Appropriations-Workers' Compensation-FY 2012-2013
Last Action
Effective Date
4/25/2011