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Senate advances complex workers’ compensation overhaul amid warnings about fiscal and legal risks
Summary
Senate leaders moved Senate Bill 165 to the top of the second-reading calendar and debated a complex overhaul of the Workers' Compensation Fund governance structure and authority; legislators raised concerns about ownership disputes, contingent settlements with Idaho and the IRS, and potential fiscal exposure.
Senate Bill 165, a major workers' compensation reform, was the subject of an extended floor debate Feb. 19 as senators weighed a package designed to preserve a federal tax exemption and change how the fund’s board is constituted.
Senator Bramble, who sponsored the proposal, said the bill changes how the board of directors is appointed to satisfy criteria from other states (notably Idaho) and to preserve the fund’s federal tax-exempt status. “What this bill does is, it changes how…
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