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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 74 2021 Regular Session Frieman
INSURERS: Provides relative to the workers' compensation claims office requirement for
insurers issuing such policies in Louisiana
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Makes technical changes.
2.Changes the title to more accurately conform to the body of the bill.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Present law requires foreign and alien insurers issuing workers' compensation policies in La.
to either maintain a claims office in La. for processing such claims or to retain the services
of a La. domiciled independent claims adjuster.
Proposed law retains present law but removes the requirement that the retained La. claims
adjuster be domiciled independently.
Present law provides that all insurers who issue workers' compensation policies in this state
shall either establish and maintain a claims office within the state or retain a licensed claims
adjuster.
Proposed law retains present law but specifies that the retained claims adjuster shall be
licensed in La.
Proposed law provides that any insurer issuing workers' compensation policies in La. shall
make any relevant claims adjuster available for deposition via telephone or video
conferencing in the event a disputed claim for compensation is filed in which liability for
statutory penalties and attorneys fees is at issue. Proposed law further provides that insurers
make such adjusters available for in person testimony at the insurer's expense if a trial
becomes necessary to adjudicate the disputed claim for compensation.
(Amends R.S. 22:337(A)(17) and R.S. 23:1161.1(A); Enacts R.S. 23:1161.1 (E))
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