HB 2121
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: COM DPA 9-0-0-1
HB 2121: workers' compensation; medical-only loss
Sponsor: Representative Kaiser, LD 15
Caucus & COW
Overview
Specifies, for claims involving medical-only loss, any experience rating adjustment will be applied
as a reduction to the employer's experience modification calculation.
History
Employers are statutorily required to secure workers' compensation to their employees by either:
1) obtaining workers' compensation insurance by an insurance carrier; or 2) showing proof of
financial ability to pay the compensation directly (self-insured) or through a workers' compensation
pool (A.R.S. § 23-961).
Employers are required to inform their insurance carrier of any accident resulting in an employee
injury. Additionally, every employer must file, from time to time, a full and complete report of every
known work-related injury that results in loss of life or injury to both the Industrial Commission of
Arizona and the employer's insurance carrier (A.R.S. 23-908).
Provisions
1. Requires any experience rating adjustment, for claims involving medical-only loss, be applied
to reduce the impact of the loss in the employer's experience modification calculation. (Sec.
1)
2. Defines medical-only loss as loss that has no indemnity value reflecting lost wages. (Sec. 1)
3. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)
Amendments
Committee on Commerce
1. Makes a clarifying change.
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