Assembly Bill No. 345–Assemblymen Goldwater, Parks, Oceguera, Buckley, Manendo, Gibbons, Giunchigliani and Leslie

 

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AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; requiring an insurer to submit a written report concerning certain claims for compensation to the administrator of the division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry; 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. Chapter 617 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

 new section to read as follows:

   1.  Each insurer shall submit to the administrator a written report

 concerning each claim for compensation that is filed with the insurer for

 an occupational disease of the heart or lungs or any occupational

 disease that is infectious or relates to cancer. The written report must be

 submitted to the administrator within 30 days after the insurer accepts or

 denies the claim pursuant to NRS 617.356 and must include:

   (a) A statement specifying the nature of the claim;

   (b) A statement indicating whether the insurer accepted or denied the

 claim and the reasons for the acceptance or denial;

   (c) A statement indicating the estimated medical costs for the claim;

 and

   (d) Any other information required by the administrator.

   2.  If a claim specified in subsection 1 is appealed or affirmed,

 modified or reversed on appeal, or is closed or reopened, the insurer

 shall notify the administrator of that fact in writing within 30 days after

 the claim is appealed, affirmed, modified, reversed, closed or reopened.

   3.  On or before February 1 of each year, the administrator shall

 prepare and make available to the general public a written report

 concerning claims specified in subsection 1. The written report must

 include:

   (a) The information submitted to the administrator by an insurer

 pursuant to this section during the immediately preceding year; and

   (b) Any other information concerning those claims required by the

 administrator.

   Sec. 2.  The provisions of section 1 of this act do not apply to a claim

 for compensation specified in that section that is filed with an insurer

 before January 1, 2001.

   Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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