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25-5-290
Section 25-5-290 Ombudsman program, creation; purpose; members; notification of service; benefit
review conferences. (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall establish an Ombudsman
Program to assist injured or disabled employees, persons claiming death benefits, employers,
and other persons in protecting their rights and obtaining information available under the
Workers' Compensation Law. (b) Providing that the employer and the employee agree to participate
in the benefit review conference, the ombudsmen shall meet with or otherwise provide information
to injured or disabled employees, investigate complaints, and communicate with employers,
insurance carriers, and health care providers on behalf of injured or disabled employees.
(c) Ombudsmen shall be Merit System employees and demonstrate familiarity with the Workers'
Compensation Law. An ombudsman shall not be an advocate for any person who shall assist a
claimant, employer, or other person in any proceeding beyond the...
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36-29-50
Section 36-29-50 High deductible health plan with a federally qualified health savings account.
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) HEALTH
SAVINGS ACCOUNT or HSA. A savings or other account meeting the requirements for favorable
tax treatment under 26 U.S.C. §223, as amended. (2) HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN or HDHP.
That term as defined in 26 U.S.C. §223(c)(2), as amended, and any regulations promulgated
thereunder. (3) PARTICIPANT. An eligible active or retired state employee and his or her dependents
as determined by the State Employees' Insurance Board. (b) The State Employees' Insurance
Board may offer a high deductible health plan with a federally qualified health savings account
(HDHP-HSA) to eligible active and retired state employees and their dependents. A retired
state employee eligible for or entitled to Medicare benefits under Title XVIII of the federal
Social Security Act is not eligible to participate in the HDHP-HSA....
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25-5-335
Section 25-5-335 Types of tests; procedures for specimen collection and testing; laboratory;
confirmation of tests. (a) An employer is required to conduct the following types of tests
in order to qualify for the workers' compensation insurance premium discounts provided under
this article: (1) An employer shall require job applicants to submit to a substance abuse
test after extending an offer of employment. Limited testing of job applicants by an employer
shall qualify under this article if the testing is conducted on the basis of reasonable classifications
of job positions. (2) An employer shall require an employee to submit to reasonable suspicion
testing. (3) An employer shall require an employee to submit to a substance abuse test if
the test is conducted as part of a routinely scheduled employee fitness-for-duty medical examination
that is part of the employer's established policy or that is scheduled routinely for all members
of an employment classification or group. (4) If the...
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36-29-13
Section 36-29-13 Appropriations to board; recognition of Medicaid premiums paid by retiree.
(a) There is hereby provided from the funds of the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan
$1,592,605.00 (estimated) for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1985. The State Employees'
Insurance Board is hereby authorized to expend $22.35 per month per eligible retired employee
towards coverage for said retired employee for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1985.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that subsequent appropriations to the State Employees'
Insurance Board pursuant to this section shall be included in the appropriations made for
active employees from employer funds pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 36-29-7 beginning
with the fiscal year 1986-87 and each year thereafter and shall be increased to fully fund
the employer's portion of the benefits provided for in Section 36-29-10. (c) The board shall
recognize any Medicare premium paid by a retiree in determining any increases...
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36-29-51
Section 36-29-51 Health reimbursement arrangement. (a) As used in this section, the term health
reimbursement arrangement or HRA means a plan qualifying as a health reimbursement arrangement
as that term is defined under IRS Notice 2002-45 and a medical reimbursement plan under Sections
105 and 106 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (b) The State Employees' Insurance
Board may offer a health reimbursement arrangement to eligible active and retired state employees
and their dependents. The terms and conditions of the HRA shall be established by the board
in accordance with federal requirements and limitations. (c) Participants in the HRA are eligible
to receive an employer contribution into the participant's HRA from the State Employees Insurance
Fund in an amount to be determined by the board. Employer contributions into the participant's
HRA shall not constitute compensation to an employee for the purposes of any statute fixing
or limiting the compensation of the...
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25-14-9
Section 25-14-9 Written contract; rights and duties of clients; employees, and professional
employer organizations. (a) All professional employer organization arrangements shall have
a written contract between the client and the professional employer organization recognizing
the rights, responsibilities, and duties of each party. The contract shall disclose to the
client the services to be rendered by the professional employer organization, including the
total administrative fees charged for professional employer organization services, the respective
rights and obligations of the parties, and shall provide the following: (1) The professional
employer organization reserves a right of direction and control over contract employees and
exercises that right in the context of the need to do so according to the terms and conditions
of the professional employment agreement. The client, however, as an employer, may retain
sufficient direction and control over covered employees necessary to...
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27-14-11.1
Section 27-14-11.1 Contents of policies - Denial or reduction of benefits due to Medicaid eligibility
void. (a) For purposes of this section, "private insurer" is defined as any of the
following: (1) Any commercial insurance company offering health or casualty insurance to individuals
or groups, including both experience-rated contracts and indemnity contracts. (2) Any profit
or nonprofit prepaid plan offering either medical services or full or partial payment for
the diagnosis or treatment of an injury, disease, or disability. (3) Any organization administering
health or casualty insurance plans for professional associations, unions, fraternal groups,
employer-employee benefit plans, and any similar organization offering these payments or services,
including self-insured and self-funded plans. (4) Any health insurer, including group health
plans, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
self-insured plans, service benefit plans, managed care...
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25-4-16
Section 25-4-16 Wages. (a) Prior to January 1, 1983, "wages," as used in this chapter,
shall mean such remuneration as was defined in this section prior to such date. (b) On and
after January 1, 1983, "wages," as used in this chapter, shall mean every form of
remuneration paid or received for personal services, including the cash value of any remuneration
paid in any medium other than cash. The reasonable cash value of remuneration paid in any
medium other than cash shall be determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the director;
except that effective on May 28, 1980, and for the purposes of reporting and computing the
amount of contributions due, back pay awarded as the result of an agreement, arbitration,
or order of a court of competent jurisdiction on a retroactive basis shall be considered "wages"
during the calendar quarter in which such retroactive payments are made. The term "wages,"
however, shall not include: (1) That part of remuneration, which after remuneration...
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25-5-50
Section 25-5-50 Applicability; exemptions; coverage for school boards, volunteer fire departments,
and rescue squads; sports officials. (a) This article and Article 2 of this chapter shall
not be construed or held to apply to an employer of a domestic employee; an employer of a
farm laborer; an employer of a person whose employment at the time of the injury is casual
and not in the usual course of the trade, business, profession, or occupation of the employer;
an employer who regularly employs less than five employees in any one business, other than
the business of constructing or assisting on-site in the construction of new single-family,
detached residential dwellings; or a municipality having a population of less than 2,000 according
to the most recent federal decennial census. An employer who regularly employs less than five
employees in any one business; a farm-labor employer; an employer of a domestic employee;
or a municipality having a population of less than 2,000 according to...
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27-10-20
Section 27-10-20 Procuring of surplus lines from unauthorized insurers. If certain insurance
coverages cannot be procured on terms acceptable to the insureds from authorized insurers,
such coverages, designated "surplus lines," may be procured from unauthorized insurers
subject to the terms and conditions of either subdivisions (1) or (2) of this section: (1)a.
The insurance must be procured through a licensed surplus line broker; b. The full amount
of insurance required must not be procurable, after diligent effort has been made to do so,
from among the insurers authorized to transact and actually transacting that kind and class
of insurance in this state or has been procured to the full extent such insurers are willing
to insure; c. The insurance must not be procured for the purpose of securing advantages as
to a lower premium rate than would be accepted by an authorized insurer; and d. This section,
and this surplus line law, does not apply as to life insurance or disability...
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