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Senate panel approves Industrial Commission workers' compensation rewrite but strikes in‑state office clause
Summary
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a comprehensive rewrite of the Industrial Commission's workers' compensation rules but rejected language that would have removed an explicit in‑state office requirement, amid disagreement between insurers, trial lawyers and claims administrators about whether 'office' requires brick‑and‑mortar presence.
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a restructured chapter of Industrial Commission rules under IDAPA 17.01.01 but rejected a proposed deletion of subsection 305.01(a) that committee members and stakeholders said could create confusion over whether sureties and claims handlers must have an in‑state presence.
Paul Jeffries of the Industrial Commission told the committee the rewrite is a zero‑based regulation (ZBR) chapter rewrite intended to streamline decades of rule text. "This chapter rewrite was promulgated in accordance with executive order 2020‑1 regarding 0 based regulation," Jeffries said, and he described negotiated rule‑making held from November 2023 through July 2024 and two public hearings on Oct. 7 and Oct. 24, 2024.
The proposed rewrite consolidates and modernizes rules under the Idaho Workers' Compensation Law, the commission said, including standards for electronic claim…
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