House Passes Bill to Keep Noncompliant Employers From Assigned Risk Plan

The Arizona House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would exempt certain noncomplying employers from being placed in the state's assigned risk plan. The House voted 59-0 on Tuesday to pass HB 2032, by Rep. David Livingston, R-Peoria. Arizona law requires placing employers in the assigned risk plan after two or more insurers refuse to provide work comp coverage. House Bill 2032 would declare that employers are exempt from being placed in the assigned risk plan if they knowingly fail to meet reasonable health and safety standards or fail to adhere to audit or loss pre...