Advisory Committee Forming for Self-Insured Rules

The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is forming an advisory committee to develop rules to implement Senate Bill 1558, which authorizes the division’s parent agency to front money from the Workers’ Benefit Fund to pay claims for insolvent self-insured groups.Gov. John Kitzhaber signed the bill, introduced by the Senate Interim Committee on Business and Transportation, on March 6. In addition to authorizing the transfer to cover claim costs when the self-insured group’s common-claims fund and security deposit are exhausted, the bill also prohibits groups from using a...