2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                 CA SB202 R2 CA20

Amendment No. CA20

 

 

 

     Amend sec. 19, page 9, by deleting lines 15 through 19 and inserting:

     “(f) That portion of the salaries and other expenses of the office for”.

     Amend sec. 20, page 10, by deleting lines 7 through 11 and inserting:

     “6.  The administrator shall assess each insurer, including each employer who provides accident benefits for injured employees pursuant to NRS 616C.265, an amount to be deposited in the uninsured employers’ claim [fund.] account. To establish the amount of the assessment, the administrator shall determine the amount of money necessary to maintain an appropriate balance in the [fund] account for each fiscal year and shall allocate a portion of that amount to be payable by private carriers, a portion to be payable by self-insured employers, a portion to be payable by associations of self-insured public or private employers and a portion to be payable by the employers who provide accident benefits pursuant to NRS 616C.265, based upon the expected annual expenditures for claims of each group of insurers. After allocating the amounts payable, the administrator shall apply an assessment rate to the:

     (a) Private carriers that reflects the relative hazard of the employments covered by the private carriers, results in an equitable distribution of costs among the private carriers and is based upon expected annual premiums to be received;

     (b) Self-insured employers that results in an equitable distribution of costs among the self-insured employers and is based upon expected annual expenditures for claims;

     (c) Associations of self-insured public or private employers that results in an equitable distribution of costs among the associations of self-insured public or private employers and is based upon expected annual expenditures for claims; and

     (d) Employers who provide accident benefits pursuant to NRS 616C.265 that reflects the relative hazard of the employments covered by those employers, results in an equitable distribution of costs among the employers and is based upon expected annual expenditures for
claims.

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The administrator shall adopt regulations for the establishment and administration of the assessment rates, payments and any penalties that the administrator determines are necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. As used in this subsection, the term “group of insurers” includes the group of employers who provide accident benefits for injured employees pursuant to NRS 616C.265.”.

     Amend sec. 25, page 12, by deleting line 14 and inserting:

“rates must result in an equitable distribution of costs among the self-”.

     Amend sec. 25, page 12, line 15, by deleting the comma.

     Amend sec. 31, page 15, by deleting line 14 and inserting:

“rates must result in an equitable distribution of costs among the”.

     Amend sec. 31, page 15, line 15, by deleting the comma.

     Amend sec. 34, page 17, by deleting lines 35 through 37 and inserting:

“private carriers, must result in an equitable distribution of costs among the private carriers and must be based upon expected annual premiums to be received.”.

     Amend sec. 45, page 28, by deleting line 7 and inserting:

     “Sec. 45.  1.  This section and sections 1 to 18, inclusive, 21 to 24, inclusive, 26 to 30, inclusive, 32, 33, 35 to 42, inclusive, and 44 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

     2.  Sections 19, 20, 25, 31, 34 and 43 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting the text of repealed sections and adding the text of the repealed sections, to read as follows:

 

TEXT OF REPEALED SECTIONS

 

     227.215  Minimum amount for drawing warrant; exceptions. Unless the state controller determines that earlier payment is necessary, he shall not draw a warrant for less than $25, but shall accumulate claims for less than $25 until:

     1.  The claims of a particular claimant amount to $25 or more; or

     2.  The end of the fiscal year.

     353.145  Renewal of claim by presentation to state board of examiners; payment.

   1.  If a warrant of the state controller has been canceled pursuant to the provisions of NRS 353.130, the person in whose favor the warrant was drawn may, within 1 year after the date ofthe original warrant, renew his claim against the state, in the amount of the warrant which was canceled, by presenting the claim for approval by the state board of examiners, except that the state board of examiners may authorize its clerk, under such circumstances as it deems appropriate, to approve such a claim on behalf of the board. A person who is aggrieved by a determination of the clerk to deny all or any part of such a claim may appeal that determination to the state board of examiners.

   2.  If a claim is approved pursuant to this section, payment of the claimmay be made out of the stale claims account as provided in NRS 353.097.”.