2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                       A AB345 R1 704

Amendment No. 704

 

Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 345  First Reprint                                              (BDR 53‑1267)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 and 2, renumbering sections 3 and 4 as sections 2 and 3 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read 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.”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 2, line 11, by deleting “2” and inserting “1”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 2, line 12, by deleting:

“a county or city” and inserting “an insurer”.

     Amend the title of the bill, first and second lines, by deleting:

“a county or city that is a self-insured employer” and inserting “an insurer”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Requires insurer to submit written report concerning claims for compensation for certain occupational diseases to administrator of division of industrial relations of department of business and industry. (BDR 53‑1267)”.