2014 House Bill 5484 / Public Act 233

Reorganize workers comp self-insurance trust fund

Introduced in the House

April 29, 2014

Introduced by Rep. Harvey Santana (D-9)

To establish that the duty of the Attorney General to give legal advice to an existing state “self-insurers' security fund” for covering worker's compensation insurance benefits would be the same under the replacement entity proposed in House Bills 5478 and 5479.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce

May 14, 2014

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

May 27, 2014

Passed in the House 109 to 1 (details)

To establish that the duty of the Attorney General to give legal advice to an existing state “self-insurers' security fund” for covering worker's compensation insurance benefits would be the same under the replacement entity proposed in House Bills 5478 and 5479. This is part of a legislative package intended to provide several hundred former Delphi Corporation employees with workers' compensation benefits that reportedly have not been available since 2009 due to the company's bankruptcy.

Received in the Senate

May 28, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing

June 11, 2014

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

June 12, 2014

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To establish that the duty of the Attorney General to give legal advice to an existing state “self-insurers' security fund” for covering worker's compensation insurance benefits would be the same under the replacement entity proposed in House Bills 5478 and 5479. This is part of a legislative package intended to provide several hundred former Delphi Corporation employees with workers' compensation benefits that reportedly have not been available since 2009 due to the company's bankruptcy.

Motion to reconsider by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R-30)

The vote by which the following bill was passed.

The motion passed by voice vote

Received

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To establish that the duty of the Attorney General to give legal advice to an existing state “self-insurers' security fund” for covering worker's compensation insurance benefits would be the same under the replacement entity proposed in House Bills 5478 and 5479. This is part of a legislative package intended to provide several hundred former Delphi Corporation employees with workers' compensation benefits that reportedly have not been available since 2009 due to the company's bankruptcy.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

June 21, 2014