Introduced
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To establish that rights to an insolvent employer’s records currently vested in a state workers compensation “self-insurers' security fund” would be the same under the replacement entity proposed by House Bills 5478 and 5479 for covering worker's compensation insurance benefits owed by an insolvent self-insured employer.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the House 109 to 1 (details)
To establish that rights to an insolvent employer’s records currently vested in a state workers compensation “self-insurers' security fund” would be the same under the replacement entity proposed by House Bills 5478 and 5479 for covering worker's compensation insurance benefits owed by an insolvent self-insured employer. 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.
Referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To establish that rights to an insolvent employer’s records currently vested in a state workers compensation “self-insurers' security fund” would be the same under the replacement entity proposed by House Bills 5478 and 5479 for covering worker's compensation insurance benefits owed by an insolvent self-insured employer. 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.