HB 346: "An Act establishing the Workers' Compensation Advisory Board; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 346 01 "An Act establishing the Workers' Compensation Advisory Board; and providing for an 02 effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 23.30 is amended by adding a new section to read: 05 Sec. 23.30.275. Workers' Compensation Advisory Board. (a) The Workers' 06 Compensation Advisory Board is established in the department. The board consists of 07 the following members: 08 (1) four members who represent organized labor; 09 (2) four members who represent employers, including one member 10 who represents self-insured employers, one member who represents oil industry 11 employers, and one member who represents general contractors; 12 (3) three members who represent medical care providers, including one 13 member who represents the Alaska State Medical Association, one member who 14 represents the Alaska Chiropractic Society, and one member who represents the
01 Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association; 02 (4) two members who represent insurers; 03 (5) the commissioner, ex officio, or the commissioner's designee; and 04 (6) two members from the membership of the legislature. 05 (b) The commissioner shall appoint the members designated in (a)(1) - (a)(5) 06 of this section. The president of the senate shall appoint one member designated in 07 (a)(6) of this section from the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives 08 shall appoint the other member from the house of representatives. 09 (c) Members shall serve staggered terms of five years and may be reappointed 10 to the board, except that the members of the legislature appointed under (a)(6) of this 11 section serve for two years. 12 (d) Members shall elect a chair from the membership. 13 (e) Members may not receive compensation for service on the board, but are 14 entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under 15 AS 39.20.180. 16 (f) The board shall meet at the call of the chair. The board shall meet at least 17 once every six months. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum 18 for the conduct of business. Only the members listed in (a)(1) - (3) of this section may 19 vote at a meeting of the board. 20 (g) The board shall advise the department on all matters pertaining to the 21 application, revision, and operation of this chapter, including advice about regulations 22 and procedures and estimating the resources and resource costs needed to carry out the 23 provisions of this chapter. 24 * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 25 read: 26 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS; STAGGERED TERMS. (a) The initial terms of the 27 members appointed under AS 23.30.275(a)(1), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, shall be 28 determined as follows: one member for a two-year term, one member for a three-year term, 29 one member for a four-year term, and one member for a five-year term. 30 (b) The initial terms of the members appointed under AS 23.30.275(a)(2), enacted by 31 sec. 1 of this Act, shall be as follows: one member for a two-year term; one member for a
01 three-year term; one member for a four-year term; and one member for a five-year term. 02 (c) The initial terms of the members appointed under AS 23.30.275(a)(3), enacted by 03 sec. 1 of this Act, shall be as follows: one member for a three-year term; one member for a 04 four-year term; and one member for a five-year term. 05 (d) The initial terms for the members appointed under AS 23.30.275(a)(4), enacted by 06 sec. 1 of this Act, shall be determined as follows: one member for a four-year term and one 07 member for a five-year term. 08 * Sec. 3. AS 23.30.275, enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, is repealed June 30, 2015. 09 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).