05/05/2005 01:30 PM House FINANCE

CS SB 130(FIN) am                                                                                                               
          An Act  relating to a special deposit  for workers'                                                                   
          compensation  and  employers'  liability  insurers;                                                                   
          relating  to  assigned   risk  pools;  relating  to                                                                   
          workers' compensation  insurers; stating the intent                                                                   
          of  the legislature,  and setting out  limitations,                                                                   
          concerning  the interpretation,  construction,  and                                                                   
          implementation   of  workers'  compensation   laws;                                                                   
          relating   to  the  Alaska  Workers'   Compensation                                                                   
          Board;    assigning    certain   Alaska    Workers'                                                                   
          Compensation  Board  functions to  the division  of                                                                   
          workers'  compensation in  the Department  of Labor                                                                   
          and Workforce  Development and to  that department,                                                                   
          and    authorizing    the   board    to    delegate                                                                   
          administrative   and  enforcement  duties   to  the                                                                   
          division;   providing  for  workers'   compensation                                                                   
          hearing    officers   in   workers'    compensation                                                                   
          proceedings;  establishing a Workers'  Compensation                                                                   
          Appeals    Commission;    relating   to    workers'                                                                   
          compensation  medical benefits  and to charges  for                                                                   
          and  payment  of  fees for  the  medical  benefits;                                                                   
          relating  to  agreements  that  discharge  workers'                                                                   
          compensation   liability;   relating  to   workers'                                                                   
          compensation   awards;  relating  to   reemployment                                                                   
          benefits and job dislocation  benefits; relating to                                                                   
          coordination  of workers' compensation  and certain                                                                   
          disability   benefits;  relating  to   division  of                                                                   
          workers' compensation  records; relating to release                                                                   
          of  treatment records;  relating  to an  employer's                                                                   
          failure  to  insure  and keep  insured  or  provide                                                                   
          security;  providing for appeals  from compensation                                                                   
          orders;    relating   to   workers'    compensation                                                                   
          proceedings;    providing    for   supreme    court                                                                   
          jurisdiction   of   appeals   from   the   Workers'                                                                   
          Compensation  Appeals Commission;  providing  for a                                                                   
          maximum  amount for  the cost-of-living  adjustment                                                                   
          for  workers'  compensation benefits;  relating  to                                                                   
          attorney    fees   with    respect   to    workers'                                                                   
          compensation;  providing   for  the  department  to                                                                   
          enter into  contracts with nonprofit  organizations                                                                   
          to   provide   information   services   and   legal                                                                   
          representation to injured  employees; providing for                                                                   
          administrative  penalties  for employers  uninsured                                                                   
          or   without   adequate   security   for   workers'                                                                   
          compensation; relating  to fraudulent acts or false                                                                   
          or misleading  statements in workers'  compensation                                                                   
          and   penalties  for   the   acts  or   statements;                                                                   
          providing  for  members   of  a  limited  liability                                                                   
          company to be included  as an employee for purposes                                                                   
          of workers'  compensation; establishing  a workers'                                                                   
          compensation   benefits   guaranty   fund;   making                                                                   
          conforming  amendments; providing  for a  study and                                                                   
          report  by the medical  services review  committee;                                                                   
          establishing    the   Task   Force    on   Workers'                                                                   
          Compensation; and providing  for an effective date.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
          CS SB 130(FIN) am was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.