BILL NUMBER: SB 36	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 8, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 30, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 8, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hueso

                        DECEMBER 4, 2012

   An act to add Section 901 to the Insurance Code, relating to
workers' compensation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 36, 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 would, beginning July 1, 2014, 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 covering insurers. The bill would require the department to
only use data already collected by the department or the Department
of Industrial Relations, and authorize the department to provide on
its Internet Web site direct links to relevant information on other
Internet Web sites.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 901 is added to the Insurance Code, to read:
   901.  Beginning on July 1, 2014, the department shall include on
its Internet Web site a dedicated Internet Web page that includes
workers' compensation data, statistics, and reports covering
insurers, including, but not limited to, claims loss data, expenses,
and financial reports. The department shall only use data already
collected by both the department and the Department of Industrial
Relations, and may provide on its Web site direct links to relevant
information on other Internet Web sites. Nothing in this section
shall be construed to authorize the release of information protected
by other applicable law.