SB 36, as amended, Hueso. Internet Web site: workers’ compensation insurers: workers’ compensation data.
Existing law requires every insurer doing business in this state to make and file with the Insurance Commissioner annual and quarterly financial statements, as prescribed.
This bill wouldbegin insert, beginning July 1, 2014,end insert require the Department of Insurance to include on its Internet Web site a dedicated Internet Web page that includes workers’ compensation data, statistics, and reports coveringbegin delete bothend delete insurersbegin delete and self-insurersend delete. The bill would require the department to only use data already collected by the department or the Department of Industrial Relationsbegin insert,
and authorize the department to provide on its Web site direct links to relevant information on other Internet Web sitesend insert.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 901 is added to the Insurance Code, to
2read:
begin deleteThe end deletebegin insertBeginning on July 1, 2014, the end insertdepartment shall
4include on its Internet Web site a dedicated Internet Web page that
5includes workers’ compensation data, statistics, and reports
6covering begin deletebothend delete insurersbegin delete and self-insurersend delete, including, but not limited
7to, claims loss data, expenses, and financial reports. The department
8shall only use data already collected by both the department and
9the Department of Industrial Relationsbegin insert,
and may provide on its
10Web site direct links to relevant information on other Internet Web
11sitesend insert. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the
12release of information protected by other applicable law.
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