ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

 

House: APPROP DP 16-1-1-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

HB 2271: insurers covering firefighters; rate deviation

Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28

Caucus & COW

Overview

Allows an insurer covering firefighters and fire investigators to file one uniform percentage deviation only if the insurer is not reimbursed for claims from the Municipal Firefighter Cancer Reimbursement Fund.

History

A workers' compensation or employers' liability insurer (insurer) must adhere to the statewide workers' compensation insurance rates filed with the Director of the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI), except an insurer may file: 1) up to six uniform percentage deviations to adjust the statewide rate portion of the rating organization's rate filing; and 2) a subclassification rate-related rule that deviates from the rating organization rules or schedule rating plan. An insurer may not apply a deviation and a schedule rating to the same insured risk.

Additionally, an insurer covering firefighters and fire investigators may file one uniform percentage deviation that increases the statewide rate portion of the rating organization's rate filing for the class codes associated with firefighters and fire investigators to address the anticipated increase in losses and expenses for claims that are compensable in accordance with the presumptive occupational disease statutes (A.R.S. § 20-359).

The Municipal Firefighter Cancer Reimbursement Fund reimburses municipal payors for the compensation and benefits paid by municipal payors to municipal firefighters and municipal fire investigators for partial disability, lost earning capacity, total disability, medical, surgical and hospital benefits and death benefits (A.R.S. § 23-1702).

Provisions

1.   Stipulates an insurer covering firefighters and fire investigators may file one uniform percentage deviation only if the insurer is not reimbursed for claims from the Municipal Firefighter Cancer Reimbursement Fund. (Sec. 1)

2.   Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

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