The Mississippi House of Representatives on Wednesday endorsed two bills that would once again make the state Workers' Compensation Commission a special-fund agency, mostly outside the reach of lawmakers who may be tempted to raid its reserves.
By a vote of 115-3, the House passed HB 1251, which would remove the requirement that the commission be funded by the state's general fund.
Until 2016, the commission's operations were funded mostly through assessments on carriers and self-insurers. But lawmakers, facing a fiscal shortfall that year, changed the agency to a general-fu...
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