BILL NUMBER: SB 176	CHAPTERED  07/24/03

	CHAPTER  121
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 24, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 23, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 10, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 30, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Johnson

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2003

   An act to add Section 11752.9 to the Insurance Code, relating to
workers' compensation insurance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 176, Johnson.  Workers' compensation insurance:
classification: notice.
   Existing law authorizes a rating organization, as defined, to
inspect risks for classification or rate purposes in connection with
workers' compensation insurance, and to furnish to the insurer and,
upon request of the employer and after notice to the insurer, to
furnish to the employer full information concerning the rates
applicable to the employer's insurance.
   This bill would require a rating organization to provide written
notification to a policyholder at the time it provides that
notification to the insurer if it imposes a change in the
classification assignment of the policyholder, and would provide that
a rating organization may satisfy this requirement by furnishing the
policyholder with a copy of the notice that it provides to the
insurer regarding the change in classification assignment.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 11752.9 is added to the Insurance Code, to
read:
   11752.9.  Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 11750.3, a
rating organization shall provide a policyholder with written
notification if it imposes a change in the classification assignment
of the policyholder.  The written notification shall be provided to
the policyholder at the same time that it is provided to the insurer.
  A rating organization may satisfy this requirement by furnishing
the policyholder with a copy of the notice that it provides to the
insurer regarding the change in classification assignment.