Bill Would Place Self-Insurance Fund Under Another Agency

The House General Government Budget Committee has recommended for passage a bill that would move the administration of the State Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Fund from the Department of Health and Environment to the Department of Administration. House Bill 2361, which was introduced nearly a year ago by the House Appropriations Committee, would make administration of the SSIF “more efficient and centralize administration of state employee benefits,” according to a supplemental note attached to the bill. No one testified against the bill during a public hearing l...