BILL NUMBER: AB 2087	CHAPTERED  07/24/06

	CHAPTER  115
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 24, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 24, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 29, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 18, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 23, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Benoit

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2006

   An act to amend Section 3702.2 of the Labor Code, relating to
workers' compensation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2087, Benoit  Workers' compensation: claimant information.
   Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system,
administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of
Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries
sustained in the course of his or her employment.  Existing law
requires that all employers secure incurred liabilities by making a
deposit based upon estimated future liability for compensation, and
provides that, in determining the amount of the deposit, the
administrative director shall offset estimated future liabilities for
the same claims covered by a self-insured plan under the Longshore
and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as specified. Existing law
requires that all self-insured employers file a self-insurer's annual
report in a form prescribed by the administrative director.
   This bill would require the administrative director to
additionally prepare an aggregated summary of all self-insured
employers' liability to pay compensation reported on those
self-insured employers' annual reports, including a separate summary
for public and private employer self-insurers. The bill would require
that the summaries be made available to the public on the
self-insurance section of the Department of Industrial Relation's
Internet Web site. The bill would also authorize the administrative
director to release a copy, or make available an electronic version,
of specified data, excluding certain individually identifiable
claimant information, contained in any public sector employer's
self-insurer's annual reports received from an individual public
entity self-insurer or from a joint powers authority employer and its
membership.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 3702.2 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   3702.2.  (a) All self-insured employers shall file a self-insurer'
s annual report in a form prescribed by the director.
   (b) To enable the director to determine the amount of the security
deposit required by subdivision (c) of Section 3701, the annual
report of a self-insured employer who has self-insured both state and
federal workers' compensation liability shall also set forth (1) the
amount of all compensation liability incurred, paid-to-date, and
estimated future liability under both this chapter and under the
federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C.
Sec. 901 et seq.), and (2) the identity and the amount of the
security deposit securing the employer's liability under state and
federal self-insured programs.
   (c) The director shall annually prepare an aggregated summary of
all self-insured employer liability to pay compensation reported on
the self-insurers' employers annual reports, including a separate
summary for public and private employer self-insurers. The summaries
shall be in the same format as the individual self-insured employers
are required to report that liability on the employer self-insurer's
annual report forms prescribed by the director. The aggregated
summaries shall be made available to the public on the self-insurance
section of the department's Internet Web site. Nothing in this
subdivision shall authorize the director to release or make available
information that is aggregated by industry or business type, that
identifies individual self-insured filers, or that includes any
individually identifiable claimant information.
   (d) The director may release a copy, or make available an
electronic version, of the data contained in any public sector
employer self-insurer's annual reports received from an individual
public entity self-insurer or from a joint powers authority employer
and its membership. However, the release of any annual report
information by the director shall not include any portion of any
listing of open indemnity claims that contains individually
identifiable claimant information, or any portion of excess insurance
coverage information that contains any individually identifiable
claimant information.