00                            SENATE BILL NO. 260                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to workers' compensation insurance certificates."                                                      
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 23.30 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04 Sec. 23.30.033. Workers' compensation insurance certificates. (a) An                                                  
05 insurer that has issued a policy of insurance to an employer under this chapter shall                                   
06 issue the employer a written certificate of insurance that certifies that the employer has                              
07 secured the payment of compensation under this chapter. The certificate must display                                    
08       the following information:                                                                                        
09                 (1)  the name of the employer certified as insured;                                                     
10                 (2)  the name of the insurer;                                                                           
11                 (3)  the number of employees employed by the employer certified as                                      
12       insured;                                                                                                          
13                 (4)  the estimated payroll for each employee classification;                                            
14                 (5)  the expiration date of the insurance policy; and                                                   
15                 (6)  a QR code that directs a user to the online verification tool required                             

01 under (b) of this section; in this paragraph, "QR code" means a quick-response,                                         
02 machine-readable code consisting of an array of black and white squares, used to                                        
03 provide access to online information through the camera on a digital device such as a                                   
04       cellular telephone.                                                                                               
05            (b)  The division shall provide on the division's Internet website an online                                 
06       verification tool that allows a user to verify an employer's workers' compensation                                
07       insurance coverage.                                                                                               
08    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
09 read:                                                                                                                   
10       APPLICABILITY. AS 23.30.033, added by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to a workers'                                   
11 compensation insurance certificate and a workers' compensation insurance policy issued,                                 
12 delivered, or renewed on or after the effective date of sec. 1 of this Act.