1. Senate Bill No. 53–Committee on Commerce and Labor

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AN ACT relating to the division of industrial relations of department of business and

industry; specifying the information that the administrator of the division can

require insurers who provide industrial insurance to provide on claims those insurers

process; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 616B.018 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 616B.018 1. The administrator shall establish a method of indexing
  1. claims for compensation that will make information concerning the
  1. claimants of an insurer available to other insurers and the fraud control unit
  1. for industrial insurance established pursuant to NRS 228.420.
  1. 2. Every insurer shall provide the following information [as] if
  1. required by the administrator for establishing and maintaining the index of
  1. claims [.
  1. 3.] :

(a) The first name, last name, middle initial, if any, date of birth and

social security number of the injured employee;

(b) The name and tax identification number of the employer of the

injured employee;

(c) If the employer of the injured employee is a member of an

association of self-insured public or private employers, the name and tax

identification number of that association;

(d) The name and tax identification number of the insurer, unless the

employer of the injured employee is self-insured and this requirement

would duplicate the information required pursuant to paragraph (b);

(e) The date upon which the employer’s policy of industrial insurance

that covers the claim became effective and the date upon which it will

expire or must be renewed;

(f) The number assigned to the claim by the insurer;

(g) The date of the injury or of the sustaining of the occupational

disease;

(h) The part of the body that was injured or the occupational disease

that was sustained by the injured employee;

(i) The percentage of disability as determined by the rating physician

or chiropractor;

(j) Which part of the body was permanently impaired, if any;

(k) What type of accident or occupational disease that is the subject of

the claim;

(l) The date, if any, that the claim was closed; and

(m) If the claim has been closed, whether the closure was

:

(1) Automatic pursuant to the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS

616C.235; or

(2) Pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 616C.235,

  1. and what type of compensation was provided for the claim.
  1. 3. The administrator shall require information provided pursuant to
  1. subsection 2 to be submitted:
  1. (a) In a format that is consistent with nationally recognized standards
  1. for the reporting of data regarding industrial insurance; and
  1. (b) Electronically or in another medium approved by the
  1. administrator.
  1. 4. The administrator shall ensure that the requirement for an insurer
  1. to provide information pursuant to subsection 2 is administered in a fair
  1. and equal manner so that an insurer is not required to provide more or a
  1. different type of information than another insurer similarly situated.
  1. 5. The provisions of this section do not prevent the administrator
  1. from:
  1. (a) Conducting audits pursuant to the provisions of NRS 616B.003
  1. and collecting information from such audits;
  1. (b) Receiving and collecting information from the reports that
  1. insurers must submit to the administrator pursuant to the provisions of
  1. NRS 616B.009;
  1. (c) Investigating alleged violations of the provisions of chapters 616A
  1. to 617, inclusive, of NRS; or
  1. (d) Enforcing the provisions of chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of
  1. NRS.
  1. 6. If an employee files a claim with an insurer, the insurer is entitled to
  1. receive from the administrator a list of the prior claims of the employee. If
  1. the insurer desires to inspect the files related to the prior claims, he must
  1. obtain the written consent of the employee.
  1. [4.] 7. Any information obtained from the index of claims [must] may
  1. be admitted into evidence in any hearing before an appeals officer, a
  1. hearing officer or the administrator.
  1. [5.] 8. The division may assess and collect a reasonable fee for its
  1. services provided pursuant to this section. The fee must be payable monthly
  1. or at such other intervals as determined by the administrator.
  1. [6.] 9. If the administrator determines that an insurer has intentionally
  1. failed to provide the information required by [this section,] subsection 2,
  1. the administrator shall impose an administrative fine of $1,000 for [each]
  1. the initial violation, [or] and a fine of [$10,000] $2,000 for a second or
  1. subsequent violation.

10. As used in this section, "tax identification number" means the

number assigned by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States

Department of the Treasury for identification.

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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