H.
B.
4511
(By Delegates Walters, Pulliam and Nesbitt)
[Introduced February 17, 1994; referred to the
Select Committee on Health Care Policies then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article three, chapter twenty-three of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section four, relating to workers' compensation; and phasing out the health care coverage over a two-year period.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter twenty-three of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section four, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND.
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4. Two-year phase out of health care.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner shall develop a procedure and rules to phase out the health care coverage and provisions of this chapter so that health care is returned to and becomes the responsibility of health care plans of employers and employees, wherever possible and economically feasible.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove health care from Workers' Compensation benefits over a period of 2 years and to return the responsibility for these benefits to the health care plans of the employers and employees.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.