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August 2, 2022 HB 22-1347
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Final Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 22-0920
Rep. Daugherty
Sen. Rodriguez
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
August 2, 2022
Signed into Law
Clare Pramuk | 303-866-2677
clare.pramuk@state.co.us
Bill Topic: WORKERS' COMPENSATION UPDATES
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☐ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☐ Local Government
☒ Statutory Public Entity
The bill amends the Workers’ Compensation Act to allow for advance payments for
mileage reimbursements, clarify how benefit amounts are determined for permanent
medical impairments, increase benefits for funeral and burial expenses, and require
additional reporting. It increases state and statutory public entity expenditures
beginning in FY 2022-23.
Appropriation
Summary:
No appropriation is required.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the enacted bill.
Summary of Legislation
The bill amends the Workers’ Compensation Act to:
allow for advance payments for mileage reimbursements in certain situations;
clarify how benefit amounts are determined for permanent medical impairments when the
schedule of injuries amount payable exceeds the amount payable for nonscheduled injuries;
increase benefits for funeral and burial expenses;
repeal the Special Funds Board and move the duties related to the Immediate Payment Fund and
Guaranty Fund for self-insured employers to the Director of the Division of Workers’
Compensation; and
require reporting of active medical treatments lasting more than 180 days after the date of injury.
State Expenditures
The bill will impact the state as an employer and regulator of the Workers’ Compensation Act.
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Department of Personnel and Administration. The bill will increase benefits paid for permanent
medical impairments and funeral and burial expenses. This increase can be addressed within existing
appropriations.
Department of Labor and Employment. The bill will increase claims reporting to the Workers’
Compensation Division and require the division director to administer the self-insured employer
assessments and establish requirements and qualifications for claims administrators. This increase
can be addressed within existing appropriations.
Statutory Public Entity
Pinnacol Assurance was created in statute as a political subdivision to provide workers’ compensation
insurance to employers in Colorado. This bill will increase annual funeral and burial benefits
payments and require additional staffing to meet the additional reporting requirements. These
increases are not expected to increase employer premiums.
Effective Date
The bill was signed into law by the Governor on June 8, 2022, and takes effect August 9, 2022, assuming
no referendum petition is filed. It applies to injuries occurring, and mileage reimbursement claims in
existence, on or after the bill’s effective date.
State and Local Government Contacts
Labor Law
Personnel Pinnacol Assurance
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit: leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes.