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Senate Approves Workers’ Compensation Reform, Rejects Delay to Reinsurance Cutoff
Summary
The Senate approved substitute House Bill 310 to end new access to the employer reinsurance fund and refocus incentives for employer‑led rehabilitation. An amendment to delay implementation from July 1, 1994, to Jan. 1, 1995, failed; the substitute advanced and passed the Senate.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 25 approved substitute House Bill 310, a workers’ compensation reform measure that would end future access to the employer reinsurance fund and emphasize employer responsibility for rehabilitation and return-to-work incentives.
Senator Steele, speaking for the bill, said the fund began with a $30 million deficit in 1985 and had grown to roughly $285 million by 1993, arguing the current trajectory was…
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