Bill Text: NC H111 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Workers Comp Coverage/Public Records
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-18 - Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A [H111 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H111-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
H 1
HOUSE BILL 111
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Short Title: Workers Comp Coverage/Public Records. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives McElraft, Collins, and Dollar (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Judiciary Subcommittee A. |
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February 18, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to permit disclosure of certain information pertaining to workers' compensation coverage by the north carolina industrial commission, as recommended by the joint legislative committee on workers' compensation insurance coverage compliance and fraud prevention and detection.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 58‑36‑17 reads as rewritten:
"§ 58‑36‑17. Bureau to share information with the North Carolina Industrial Commission.
The Bureau shall provide to the North Carolina Industrial
Commission information contained in the Bureau's records indicating the status
of workers' compensation insurance coverage on North Carolina employers as
reported to the Bureau by the Bureau's member companies. The North Carolina
Industrial Commission shall take such steps, including obtaining software or
software licenses, as are necessary to be able to receive and process such
information from the Bureau. The records provided to the North Carolina
Industrial Commission under this section shall be confidential and shall not be
public records as that term is defined in G.S. 132‑1.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence and with respect to policies becoming
effective on and after January 1, 2012, the North Carolina Industrial Commission
may release data showing workers workers' compensation insurance
policy information that includes only only: employer name and address;
carrier name, address, and telephone number; policy number; policy
effective dates,dates; policy cancellation dates,dates;
and policy reinstatement dates. This data shall not be confidential data and
shall be a public record as that term is defined in G.S. 132‑1. The
North Carolina Industrial Commission shall use the information provided
pursuant to this section only to carry out its statutory duties and obligations
under The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act. The Bureau shall be immune
from civil liability for releasing information pursuant to this section, even
if the information is erroneous, provided the Bureau acted in good faith and
without malicious or willful intent to harm in releasing the information."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
