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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 5, renumbering sec. 6 as sec. 2, and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
“Section 1. 1. The Legislative Commission shall appoint a subcommittee consisting of six Legislators to conduct an interim study of the impact of the recent privatization of the industrial insurance program on injured workers, employers and insurers. The Legislative Commission shall appoint to the subcommittee three members of the Senate and three members of the Assembly who are acquainted with the statutory program for industrial insurance in this state.
2. The study must include, without limitation:
(a) An examination of the procedures for resolving contested industrial insurance claims filed by injured workers, the costs to injured workers, employers and insurers in litigating such claims, and the timeliness of resolving such claims;
(b) Consideration of whether it is appropriate to reimburse injured workers for time off of work when they are receiving medical treatment for compensable industrial injuries or illnesses, including the cost of such reimbursement to employers and insurers and the impacts on injured workers of not making such reimbursement; and
(c) A review of any other issues or subjects concerning the impacts of the recent privatization of the industrial insurance program on injured workers, employers and insurers.
3. In conducting the study, the subcommittee shall seek information and suggestions from various representatives of injured workers, employers and insurers and from experts in the area of industrial insurance.
4. Any recommended legislation proposed by the subcommittee must be approved by a majority of the members of the Senate and a majority of the members of the Assembly who are appointed to the subcommittee.
5. The Legislative Commission shall submit a report of the results of the study and any recommendations for legislation to the 73rd Session of the Nevada Legislature.”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; directing the Legislative Commission to appoint a subcommittee to study the impacts of the recent privatization of the industrial insurance program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows: