SB 856
Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance
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Bill overview
This bill removes several reporting requirements for the West Virginia Insurance Commissioner and other state agencies. Specifically, it eliminates reporting obligations related to workers’ compensation funds, occupational pneumoconiosis claims, employer safety initiatives, and post-traumatic stress disorder claims. The bill also requires the Insurance Commissioner to post flood insurance notifications on the agency’s website and removes requirements for publishing automobile insurance rates and reporting on medical malpractice insurance. It also modifies the Industrial Council’s reporting requirements.
Key provisions
- Removes reporting requirements for workers’ compensation funds to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
- Removes reporting requirements for occupational pneumoconiosis claims to the Governor.
- Removes reporting requirements for employer safety initiatives to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
- Removes reporting requirements for post-traumatic stress disorder claims to the Insurance Commissioner and Volunteer Fire Department committee.
- Requires the Insurance Commissioner to post flood insurance notifications on the agency’s website.
- Removes reporting requirements regarding the status of the state agency workers’ compensation program.
- Removes the publishing requirement of automobile insurance rates.
- Removes the reporting requirement of insurance companies regarding civil actions filed against medical providers.
Who is affected
- West Virginia Insurance Commissioner
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