H.B. 10 Enrolled

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INJURED WORKER REEMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS

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2014 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: James A. Dunnigan

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Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends the Workers' Compensation Act to address reemployment of injured
             10      workers and repeals the Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines terms;
             14          .    addresses the scope of the section on injured worker reemployment;
             15          .    clarifies that the duties of the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation are not affected;
             16          .    authorizes rulemaking by the commission;
             17          .    addresses an initial written report;
             18          .    provides for the evaluation of an injured worker and the development of a
             19      reemployment plan;
             20          .    establishes reemployment objectives;
             21          .    imposes requirements on rehabilitation counselors;
             22          .    repeals the Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act; and
             23          .    makes technical and conforming amendments.
             24      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             25          None
             26      Other Special Clauses:
             27          This bill provides an effective date.
             28      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             29      AMENDS:


             30           34A-2-413 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapters 297 and 366
             31           34A-3-102 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 158
             32           63A-3-501 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 74
             33           63I-1-234 (Superseded 07/01/14), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapters 54
             34      and 144
             35           63I-1-234 (Effective 07/01/14), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapters 54,
             36      144, and 417
             37      ENACTS:
             38           34A-2-413.5 , Utah Code Annotated 1953
             39      REPEALS:
             40           34A-8a-101 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 158
             41           34A-8a-102 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 366
             42           34A-8a-104 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 158
             43           34A-8a-105 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 158
             44           34A-8a-201 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 158
             45           34A-8a-202 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 158
             46           34A-8a-203 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 158 and last amended by
             47      Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 288
             48           34A-8a-204 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 158
             49           34A-8a-301 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 366
             50           34A-8a-302 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 366
             51           34A-8a-303 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 366
             52           34A-8a-304 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 158
             53     
             54      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             55          Section 1. Section 34A-2-413 is amended to read:
             56           34A-2-413. Permanent total disability -- Amount of payments -- Rehabilitation.
             57          (1) (a) In the case of a permanent total disability resulting from an industrial accident


             58      or occupational disease, the employee shall receive compensation as outlined in this section.
             59          (b) To establish entitlement to permanent total disability compensation, the employee
             60      shall prove by a preponderance of evidence that:
             61          (i) the employee sustained a significant impairment or combination of impairments as a
             62      result of the industrial accident or occupational disease that gives rise to the permanent total
             63      disability entitlement;
             64          (ii) the employee has a permanent, total disability; and
             65          (iii) the industrial accident or occupational disease is the direct cause of the employee's
             66      permanent total disability.
             67          (c) To establish that an employee has a permanent, total disability the employee shall
             68      prove by a preponderance of the evidence that:
             69          (i) the employee is not gainfully employed;
             70          (ii) the employee has an impairment or combination of impairments that limit the
             71      employee's ability to do basic work activities;
             72          (iii) the industrial or occupationally caused impairment or combination of impairments
             73      prevent the employee from performing the essential functions of the work activities for which
             74      the employee has been qualified until the time of the industrial accident or occupational disease
             75      that is the basis for the employee's permanent total disability claim; and
             76          (iv) the employee cannot perform other work reasonably available, taking into
             77      consideration the employee's:
             78          (A) age;
             79          (B) education;
             80          (C) past work experience;
             81          (D) medical capacity; and
             82          (E) residual functional capacity.
             83          (d) Evidence of an employee's entitlement to disability benefits other than those
             84      provided under this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, if relevant:
             85          (i) may be presented to the commission;


             86          (ii) is not binding; and
             87          (iii) creates no presumption of an entitlement under this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah
             88      Occupational Disease Act.
             89          (e) In determining under Subsections (1)(b) and (c) whether an employee cannot
             90      perform other work reasonably available, the following may not be considered:
             91          (i) whether the employee is incarcerated in a facility operated by or contracting with a
             92      federal, state, county, or municipal government to house a criminal offender in either a secure
             93      or nonsecure setting; or
             94          (ii) whether the employee is not legally eligible to be employed because of a reason
             95      unrelated to the impairment or combination of impairments.
             96          (2) For permanent total disability compensation during the initial 312-week
             97      entitlement, compensation is 66-2/3% of the employee's average weekly wage at the time of the
             98      injury, limited as follows:
             99          (a) compensation per week may not be more than 85% of the state average weekly
             100      wage at the time of the injury;
             101          (b) (i) subject to Subsection (2)(b)(ii), compensation per week may not be less than the
             102      sum of $45 per week and:
             103          (A) $5 for a dependent spouse; and
             104          (B) $5 for each dependent child under the age of 18 years, up to a maximum of four
             105      dependent minor children; and
             106          (ii) the amount calculated under Subsection (2)(b)(i) may not exceed:
             107          (A) the maximum established in Subsection (2)(a); or
             108          (B) the average weekly wage of the employee at the time of the injury; and
             109          (c) after the initial 312 weeks, the minimum weekly compensation rate under
             110      Subsection (2)(b) is 36% of the current state average weekly wage, rounded to the nearest
             111      dollar.
             112          (3) This Subsection (3) applies to claims resulting from an accident or disease arising
             113      out of and in the course of the employee's employment on or before June 30, 1994.


             114          (a) The employer or its insurance carrier is liable for the initial 312 weeks of permanent
             115      total disability compensation except as outlined in Section 34A-2-703 as in effect on the date
             116      of injury.
             117          (b) The employer or its insurance carrier may not be required to pay compensation for
             118      any combination of disabilities of any kind, as provided in this section and Sections 34A-2-410
             119      through 34A-2-412 and Part 5, Industrial Noise, in excess of the amount of compensation
             120      payable over the initial 312 weeks at the applicable permanent total disability compensation
             121      rate under Subsection (2).
             122          (c) The Employers' Reinsurance Fund shall for an overpayment of compensation
             123      described in Subsection (3)(b), reimburse the overpayment:
             124          (i) to the employer or its insurance carrier; and
             125          (ii) out of the Employers' Reinsurance Fund's liability to the employee.
             126          (d) After an employee receives compensation from the employee's employer, its
             127      insurance carrier, or the Employers' Reinsurance Fund for any combination of disabilities
             128      amounting to 312 weeks of compensation at the applicable permanent total disability
             129      compensation rate, the Employers' Reinsurance Fund shall pay all remaining permanent total
             130      disability compensation.
             131          (e) Employers' Reinsurance Fund payments shall commence immediately after the
             132      employer or its insurance carrier satisfies its liability under this Subsection (3) or Section
             133      34A-2-703 .
             134          (4) This Subsection (4) applies to claims resulting from an accident or disease arising
             135      out of and in the course of the employee's employment on or after July 1, 1994.
             136          (a) The employer or its insurance carrier is liable for permanent total disability
             137      compensation.
             138          (b) The employer or its insurance carrier may not be required to pay compensation for
             139      any combination of disabilities of any kind, as provided in this section and Sections 34A-2-410
             140      through 34A-2-412 and Part 5, Industrial Noise, in excess of the amount of compensation
             141      payable over the initial 312 weeks at the applicable permanent total disability compensation


             142      rate under Subsection (2).
             143          (c) The employer or its insurance carrier may recoup the overpayment of compensation
             144      described in Subsection (4) by reasonably offsetting the overpayment against future liability
             145      paid before or after the initial 312 weeks.
             146          (5) (a) A finding by the commission of permanent total disability is not final, unless
             147      otherwise agreed to by the parties, until:
             148          (i) an administrative law judge reviews a summary of reemployment activities
             149      undertaken pursuant to [Chapter 8a, Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act] Section
             150      34A-2-413.5 ;
             151          (ii) the employer or its insurance carrier submits to the administrative law judge:
             152          (A) a reemployment plan as prepared by a qualified rehabilitation provider reasonably
             153      designed to return the employee to gainful employment; or
             154          (B) notice that the employer or its insurance carrier will not submit a plan; and
             155          (iii) the administrative law judge, after notice to the parties, holds a hearing, unless
             156      otherwise stipulated, to:
             157          (A) consider evidence regarding rehabilitation; and
             158          (B) review any reemployment plan submitted by the employer or its insurance carrier
             159      under Subsection (5)(a)(ii).
             160          (b) Before commencing the procedure required by Subsection (5)(a), the administrative
             161      law judge shall order:
             162          (i) the initiation of permanent total disability compensation payments to provide for the
             163      employee's subsistence; and
             164          (ii) the payment of any undisputed disability or medical benefits due the employee.
             165          (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (5)(a), an order for payment of benefits described in
             166      Subsection (5)(b) is considered a final order for purposes of Section 34A-2-212 .
             167          (d) The employer or its insurance carrier shall be given credit for any disability
             168      payments made under Subsection (5)(b) against its ultimate disability compensation liability
             169      under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.


             170          (e) An employer or its insurance carrier may not be ordered to submit a reemployment
             171      plan. If the employer or its insurance carrier voluntarily submits a plan, the plan is subject to
             172      Subsections (5)(e)(i) through (iii).
             173          (i) The plan may include, but not require an employee to pay for:
             174          (A) retraining;
             175          (B) education;
             176          (C) medical and disability compensation benefits;
             177          (D) job placement services; or
             178          (E) incentives calculated to facilitate reemployment.
             179          (ii) The plan shall include payment of reasonable disability compensation to provide
             180      for the employee's subsistence during the rehabilitation process.
             181          (iii) The employer or its insurance carrier shall diligently pursue the reemployment
             182      plan. The employer's or insurance carrier's failure to diligently pursue the reemployment plan
             183      is cause for the administrative law judge on the administrative law judge's own motion to make
             184      a final decision of permanent total disability.
             185          (f) If a preponderance of the evidence shows that successful rehabilitation is not
             186      possible, the administrative law judge shall order that the employee be paid weekly permanent
             187      total disability compensation benefits.
             188          (g) If a preponderance of the evidence shows that pursuant to a reemployment plan, as
             189      prepared by a qualified rehabilitation provider and presented under Subsection (5)(e), an
             190      employee could immediately or without unreasonable delay return to work but for the
             191      following, an administrative law judge shall order that the employee be denied the payment of
             192      weekly permanent total disability compensation benefits:
             193          (i) incarceration in a facility operated by or contracting with a federal, state, county, or
             194      municipal government to house a criminal offender in either a secure or nonsecure setting; or
             195          (ii) not being legally eligible to be employed because of a reason unrelated to the
             196      impairment or combination of impairments.
             197          (6) (a) The period of benefits commences on the date the employee acquired the


             198      permanent, total disability, as determined by a final order of the commission based on the facts
             199      and evidence, and ends:
             200          (i) with the death of the employee; or
             201          (ii) when the employee is capable of returning to regular, steady work.
             202          (b) An employer or its insurance carrier may provide or locate for a permanently totally
             203      disabled employee reasonable, medically appropriate, part-time work in a job earning at least
             204      minimum wage, except that the employee may not be required to accept the work to the extent
             205      that it would disqualify the employee from Social Security disability benefits.
             206          (c) An employee shall:
             207          (i) fully cooperate in the placement and employment process; and
             208          (ii) accept the reasonable, medically appropriate, part-time work.
             209          (d) In a consecutive four-week period when an employee's gross income from the work
             210      provided under Subsection (6)(b) exceeds $500, the employer or insurance carrier may reduce
             211      the employee's permanent total disability compensation by 50% of the employee's income in
             212      excess of $500.
             213          (e) If a work opportunity is not provided by the employer or its insurance carrier, an
             214      employee with a permanent, total disability may obtain medically appropriate, part-time work
             215      subject to the offset provisions of Subsection (6)(d).
             216          (f) (i) The commission shall establish rules regarding the part-time work and offset.
             217          (ii) The adjudication of disputes arising under this Subsection (6) is governed by Part
             218      8, Adjudication.
             219          (g) The employer or its insurance carrier has the burden of proof to show that
             220      medically appropriate part-time work is available.
             221          (h) The administrative law judge may:
             222          (i) excuse an employee from participation in any work:
             223          (A) that would require the employee to undertake work exceeding the employee's:
             224          (I) medical capacity; or
             225          (II) residual functional capacity; or


             226          (B) for good cause; or
             227          (ii) allow the employer or its insurance carrier to reduce permanent total disability
             228      benefits as provided in Subsection (6)(d) when reasonable, medically appropriate, part-time
             229      work is offered, but the employee fails to fully cooperate.
             230          (7) When an employee is rehabilitated or the employee's rehabilitation is possible but
             231      the employee has some loss of bodily function, the award shall be for permanent partial
             232      disability.
             233          (8) As determined by an administrative law judge, an employee is not entitled to
             234      disability compensation, unless the employee fully cooperates with any evaluation or
             235      reemployment plan under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. The
             236      administrative law judge shall dismiss without prejudice the claim for benefits of an employee
             237      if the administrative law judge finds that the employee fails to fully cooperate, unless the
             238      administrative law judge states specific findings on the record justifying dismissal with
             239      prejudice.
             240          (9) (a) The loss or permanent and complete loss of the use of the following constitutes
             241      total and permanent disability that is compensated according to this section:
             242          (i) both hands;
             243          (ii) both arms;
             244          (iii) both feet;
             245          (iv) both legs;
             246          (v) both eyes; or
             247          (vi) any combination of two body members described in this Subsection (9)(a).
             248          (b) A finding of permanent total disability pursuant to Subsection (9)(a) is final.
             249          (10) (a) An insurer or self-insured employer may periodically reexamine a permanent
             250      total disability claim, except those based on Subsection (9), for which the insurer or
             251      self-insured employer had or has payment responsibility to determine whether the employee
             252      continues to have a permanent, total disability.
             253          (b) Reexamination may be conducted no more than once every three years after an


             254      award is final, unless good cause is shown by the employer or its insurance carrier to allow
             255      more frequent reexaminations.
             256          (c) The reexamination may include:
             257          (i) the review of medical records;
             258          (ii) employee submission to one or more reasonable medical evaluations;
             259          (iii) employee submission to one or more reasonable rehabilitation evaluations and
             260      retraining efforts;
             261          (iv) employee disclosure of Federal Income Tax Returns;
             262          (v) employee certification of compliance with Section 34A-2-110 ; and
             263          (vi) employee completion of one or more sworn affidavits or questionnaires approved
             264      by the division.
             265          (d) The insurer or self-insured employer shall pay for the cost of a reexamination with
             266      appropriate employee reimbursement pursuant to rule for reasonable travel allowance and per
             267      diem as well as reasonable expert witness fees incurred by the employee in supporting the
             268      employee's claim for permanent total disability benefits at the time of reexamination.
             269          (e) If an employee fails to fully cooperate in the reasonable reexamination of a
             270      permanent total disability finding, an administrative law judge may order the suspension of the
             271      employee's permanent total disability benefits until the employee cooperates with the
             272      reexamination.
             273          (f) (i) If the reexamination of a permanent total disability finding reveals evidence that
             274      reasonably raises the issue of an employee's continued entitlement to permanent total disability
             275      compensation benefits, an insurer or self-insured employer may petition the Division of
             276      Adjudication for a rehearing on that issue. The insurer or self-insured employer shall include
             277      with the petition, documentation supporting the insurer's or self-insured employer's belief that
             278      the employee no longer has a permanent, total disability.
             279          (ii) If the petition under Subsection (10)(f)(i) demonstrates good cause, as determined
             280      by the Division of Adjudication, an administrative law judge shall adjudicate the issue at a
             281      hearing.


             282          (iii) Evidence of an employee's participation in medically appropriate, part-time work
             283      may not be the sole basis for termination of an employee's permanent total disability
             284      entitlement, but the evidence of the employee's participation in medically appropriate, part-time
             285      work under Subsection (6) may be considered in the reexamination or hearing with other
             286      evidence relating to the employee's status and condition.
             287          (g) In accordance with Section 34A-1-309 , the administrative law judge may award
             288      reasonable attorney fees to an attorney retained by an employee to represent the employee's
             289      interests with respect to reexamination of the permanent total disability finding, except if the
             290      employee does not prevail, the attorney fees shall be set at $1,000. The attorney fees awarded
             291      shall be paid by the employer or its insurance carrier in addition to the permanent total
             292      disability compensation benefits due.
             293          (h) During the period of reexamination or adjudication, if the employee fully
             294      cooperates, each insurer, self-insured employer, or the Employers' Reinsurance Fund shall
             295      continue to pay the permanent total disability compensation benefits due the employee.
             296          (11) If any provision of this section, or the application of any provision to any person
             297      or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this section is given effect without the invalid
             298      provision or application.
             299          Section 2. Section 34A-2-413.5 is enacted to read:
             300          34A-2-413.5. Injured worker reemployment.
             301          (1) As used in this section:
             302          (a) (i) "Gainful employment" means employment that:
             303          (A) is reasonably attainable in view of an industrial injury or occupational disease; and
             304          (B) offers to an injured worker, as reasonably feasible, an opportunity for earnings.
             305          (ii) Factors considered in determining gainful employment include an injured worker's:
             306          (A) education;
             307          (B) experience; and
             308          (C) physical and mental impairment and condition.
             309          (b) "Initial written report" means a report described in Subsection (5).


             310          (c) "Injured worker" means an employee who sustains an industrial injury or
             311      occupational disease for which benefits are provided under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah
             312      Occupational Disease Act.
             313          (d) "Injured worker with a disability" means an injured worker who:
             314          (i) because of the injury or disease that is the basis of the employee being an injured
             315      worker:
             316          (A) is or will be unable to return to work in the injured worker's usual and customary
             317      occupation; or
             318          (B) is unable to perform work for which the injured worker has previous training and
             319      experience; and
             320          (ii) reasonably can be expected to attain gainful employment after an evaluation
             321      provided for in accordance with this section.
             322          (e) "Parties" means:
             323          (i) an injured worker with a disability;
             324          (ii) the employer of the injured worker with a disability;
             325          (iii) the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier; and
             326          (iv) a rehabilitation or reemployment professional for the employer or the employer's
             327      workers' compensation insurance carrier.
             328          (f) "Reemployment plan" means a written:
             329          (i) description or rationale for the manner and means by which it is proposed an injured
             330      worker with a disability may return to gainful employment; and
             331          (ii) definition of the voluntary responsibilities of:
             332          (A) the injured worker with a disability;
             333          (B) the employer; and
             334          (C) one or more other parties involved with the implementation of the reemployment
             335      plan.
             336          (2) (a) This section applies only to an industrial injury or occupational disease that
             337      occurs on or after July 1, 1990.


             338          (b) This section is intended to promote and monitor the state's and the employer's
             339      capacity to assist the injured worker in returning to the workforce by evaluating the
             340      effectiveness of the voluntary efforts of employers under this section.
             341          (3) This section does not affect the duties of the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation.
             342          (4) The commission may provide for the administration of this section by rule in
             343      accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             344          (5) An employer or the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier may
             345      voluntarily prepare an initial written report assessing an injured worker's need or lack of need
             346      for vocational assistance in reemployment if:
             347          (a) it appears that the injured worker is or will be an injured worker with a disability; or
             348          (b) the period of the injured worker's temporary total disability compensation period
             349      exceeds 90 days.
             350          (6) (a) Subject to Subsection (6)(b), an employer or the employer's workers'
             351      compensation insurance carrier may serve the initial written report, if one has been prepared,
             352      on the injured worker.
             353          (b) If an employer or the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier serves an
             354      initial written report on an injured worker, the employer or the employer's workers'
             355      compensation insurance carrier shall comply with Subsection (6)(a) by no later than 30 days
             356      after the earlier of the day on which:
             357          (i) it appears that the injured worker is or will be an injured worker with a disability; or
             358          (ii) the 90-day period described in Subsection (5)(b) ends.
             359          (7) With the initial written report, if one is prepared and used in the determination
             360      process, an employer or the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier shall provide
             361      an injured worker information regarding reemployment.
             362          (8) Subject to the other provisions of this section, if an injured worker is an injured
             363      worker with a disability, the employer or the employer's workers' compensation insurance
             364      carrier may, within 10 days after the day on which the employer or workers' compensation
             365      insurance carrier serves the initial written report on the injured worker, refer the injured worker


             366      with a disability to:
             367          (a) the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation; or
             368          (b) at the employer's or workers' compensation insurance carrier's option, a private
             369      rehabilitation or reemployment service.
             370          (9) An employer or the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier shall make
             371      the referral required by Subsection (8) for the purpose of:
             372          (a) providing an evaluation; and
             373          (b) developing a reemployment plan.
             374          (10) The objective of reemployment is to return an injured worker with a disability to
             375      gainful employment in the following order of employment priority:
             376          (a) same job, same employer;
             377          (b) modified job, same employer;
             378          (c) same job, new employer;
             379          (d) modified job, new employer;
             380          (e) new job, new employer; or
             381          (f) retraining in a new occupation.
             382          (11) Nothing in this section or its application is intended to:
             383          (a) modify or in any way affect an existing employee-employer relationship; or
             384          (b) provide an employee with a guarantee or right to employment or continued
             385      employment with an employer.
             386          (12) A rehabilitation counselor to whom a referral is made under Subsection (8) shall
             387      have the same or comparable qualifications as those established by the Utah State Office of
             388      Rehabilitation for personnel assigned to rehabilitation and evaluation duties.
             389          Section 3. Section 34A-3-102 is amended to read:
             390           34A-3-102. Chapter to be administered by commission -- Exclusive remedy.
             391          (1) The commission shall administer this chapter through the division, the Division of
             392      Adjudication, and the Appeals Board in accordance with Section 34A-2-112 .
             393          (2) Subject to the limitations provided in this chapter and, unless otherwise noted, all


             394      provisions of Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act, [and Chapter 8a, Utah Injured Worker
             395      Reemployment Act,] are incorporated into this chapter and shall be applied to occupational
             396      disease claims.
             397          (3) The right to recover compensation under this chapter for diseases or injuries to
             398      health sustained by a Utah employee is the exclusive remedy as outlined in Section 34A-2-105 .
             399          Section 4. Section 63A-3-501 is amended to read:
             400           63A-3-501. Definitions.
             401          As used in this part:
             402          (1) (a) "Accounts receivable" or "receivables" means any amount due to a state agency
             403      from an entity for which payment has not been received by the state agency that is servicing the
             404      debt.
             405          (b) "Accounts receivable" includes unpaid fees, licenses, taxes, loans, overpayments,
             406      fines, forfeitures, surcharges, costs, contracts, interest, penalties, restitution to victims,
             407      third-party claims, sale of goods, sale of services, claims, and damages.
             408          (2) "Administrative offset" means:
             409          (a) a reduction of an individual's tax refund or other payments due to the individual to
             410      reduce or eliminate accounts receivable that the individual owes to a state agency; and
             411          (b) a reduction of an entity's tax refund or other payments due to the entity to reduce or
             412      eliminate accounts receivable that the entity owes to a state agency.
             413          (3) "Entity" means an individual, a corporation, partnership, or other organization that
             414      pays taxes to or does business with the state.
             415          (4) "Office" means the Office of State Debt Collection established by this part.
             416          (5) "Past due" means any accounts receivable that the state has not received by the
             417      payment due date.
             418          (6) "Restitution to victims" means restitution ordered by a court to be paid to a victim
             419      of an offense in a criminal or juvenile proceeding.
             420          (7) (a) "State agency" includes:
             421          (i) any department, division, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, office, or


             422      other administrative subunit of Utah state government;
             423          (ii) the legislative branch of state government; and
             424          (iii) the judicial branches of state government, including justice courts.
             425          (b) "State agency" does not include:
             426          (i) any institution of higher education;
             427          (ii) except in Subsection 63A-3-502 (7)(g), the State Tax Commission; or
             428          (iii) the administrator of the Uninsured Employers' Fund appointed by the Labor
             429      Commissioner under Section 34A-2-704 , solely for the purposes of collecting money required
             430      to be deposited into the Uninsured Employers' Fund under:
             431          (A) Section 34A-1-405 ;
             432          (B) Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act; or
             433          (C) Title 34A, Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act[; or].
             434          [(D) Title 34A, Chapter 8a, Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act.]
             435          (8) "Writing-off" means the removal of an accounts receivable from an agency's
             436      accounts receivable records but does not necessarily eliminate further collection efforts.
             437          Section 5. Section 63I-1-234 (Superseded 07/01/14) is amended to read:
             438           63I-1-234 (Superseded 07/01/14). Repeal dates, Titles 34 and 34A.
             439          (1) Title 34, Chapter 47, Worker Classification Coordinated Enforcement Act, is
             440      repealed July 1, 2016.
             441          (2) Section 34A-2-202.5 is repealed December 31, 2020.
             442          (3) Section 34A-2-705 and Subsection 59-9-101 (2)(c)(iv) are repealed July 1, 2018.
             443          [(4) Title 34A, Chapter 8a, Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act, is repealed July
             444      1, 2014.]
             445          Section 6. Section 63I-1-234 (Effective 07/01/14) is amended to read:
             446           63I-1-234 (Effective 07/01/14). Repeal dates, Titles 34 and 34A.
             447          (1) Title 34, Chapter 47, Worker Classification Coordinated Enforcement Act, is
             448      repealed July 1, 2016.
             449          (2) Section 34A-2-202.5 is repealed December 31, 2020.


             450          (3) Section 34A-2-705 and Subsection 59-9-101 (2)(c)(iv) are repealed July 1, 2018.
             451          [(4) Title 34A, Chapter 8a, Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act, is repealed July
             452      1, 2014.]
             453          [(5)] (4) Section 34A-2-213 , Coordination of benefits with health benefit plan --
             454      Timely payment of claims, is repealed July 1, 2018.
             455          Section 7. Repealer.
             456          This bill repeals:
             457          Section 34A-8a-101 , Title -- Intent statement.
             458          Section 34A-8a-102 , Definitions.
             459          Section 34A-8a-104 , Application.
             460          Section 34A-8a-105 , Duties of Utah State Office of Rehabilitation not affected.
             461          Section 34A-8a-201 , Chapter administration.
             462          Section 34A-8a-202 , Rulemaking authority.
             463          Section 34A-8a-203 , Reporting.
             464          Section 34A-8a-204 , Administrative review.
             465          Section 34A-8a-301 , Initial report on injured worker.
             466          Section 34A-8a-302 , Evaluation of injured worker -- Reemployment plan.
             467          Section 34A-8a-303 , Reemployment objectives.
             468          Section 34A-8a-304 , Rehabilitation counselor.
             469          Section 8. Effective date.
             470          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), this bill takes effect on May 13, 2014.
             471          (2) The amendments to Section 63I-1-234 (Effective 07/01/14) take effect on July 1,
             472      2014.


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