Opt-Out Employers Have 90 Days to Get Comp Coverage

Supporters of the Oklahoma Option say they anticipated the state Supreme Court might rule the so-called opt-out act unconstitutional and began preparing contingency plans earlier this summer. The 2013 legislation that allowed employers to write their own benefits plans and remove themselves from the Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act calls for a 90-day transition period, should the law ever be found unconstitutional. The 90-day clock does not start, however, until the state’s high court follows Tuesday’s decision with a mandate to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compe...