Alaska SB 40: An Act relating to workers' compensation; repealing the second injury fund upon satisfaction of claims; relating to service fees and civil penalties for the workers' safety programs and the workers' compensation program; relating to the liability of specified officers and members of specified business entities for payment of workers' compensation benefits and civil penalties; relating to civil penalties for underinsuring or failing to insure or provide security for workers' compensation liability; relating to preauthorization and timely payment for medical treatment and services provided to injured employees; relating to incorporation of reference materials in workers' compensation regulations; relating to proceedings before the Workers' Compensation Board; providing for methods of payment for workers' compensation benefits; relating to the workers' compensation benefits guaranty fund authority to claim a lien; excluding independent contractors from workers' compensation coverage; establishing the circumstances under which certain nonemployee executive corporate officers and members of limited liability companies may obtain workers' compensation coverage; relating to the duties of injured employees to report income or work; relating to misclassification of employees and deceptive leasing; defining 'employee'; relating to the Workers' Compensation Board's approval of attorney fees in a settlement agreement; and providing for an effective date.

Status: Referred to Labor & Commerce (as of 2017-01-25)

State: Alaska · Session: 30 · Bill: SB 40

Subjects: BOARDS & COMMISSIONS, BUSINESS, CIVIL PROCEDURE, CLAIMS, CORPORATIONS, FEES, FUNDS, INSURANCE, LABOR, LIABILITY, LIENS, MEDICAL CARE, REGULATIONS, WAGES, WORKERS COMPENSATION

Sponsors: RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR

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