74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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                         Senate Bill 233
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Oregon Department of Administrative Services)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Authorizes State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation to
contract with Oregon Department of Administrative Services to
process certain claims filed by inmates of institutions of
Department of Corrections.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to processing of claims by State Accident Insurance Fund
  Corporation for certain injuries sustained by inmates of
  institutions of Department of Corrections; amending ORS
  656.752.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 656.752 is amended to read:
  656.752. (1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation is
created for the purpose of transacting workers' compensation
insurance and reinsurance business. The State Accident Insurance
Fund Corporation also may insure an Oregon employer against any
liability such employer may have on account of bodily injury to a
worker of the employer arising out of and in the course of
employment as fully as any private insurance carrier.
  (2) The functions of the State Accident Insurance Fund
Corporation shall be:
  (a) To confer with and solicit employers and to determine,
handle, audit and enforce collection of premiums, assessments and
fees of insured employers insured with the State Accident
Insurance Fund Corporation;
  (b) To make insurance available to as many Oregon employers as
inexpensively as may be consistent with the overall integrity of
the Industrial Accident Fund, in accordance with ORS 656.634 and
sound principles of insurance;
  (c) To receive and handle and process the claims of workers and
beneficiaries of workers injured in the employ of insured
employers insured with the State Accident Insurance Fund
Corporation; and
  (d) To perform all other functions which the laws of this state
specifically authorize or which are necessary or appropriate to
carry out the functions expressly authorized.
 
  (3) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation in its name
may sue and be sued.
  (4) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may authorize
self-insured employers or other insurers to use any physical
rehabilitation center operated by the State Accident Insurance
Fund Corporation on such terms as the State Accident Insurance
Fund Corporation deems reasonable.
  (5) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation in its own
name, may acquire, lease, rent, own and manage real property. It
may construct, equip and furnish buildings or other structures as
are necessary to accommodate its needs. It may purchase, rent,
lease or otherwise acquire for its use all supplies, materials,
equipment and services necessary to carry out its functions. It
may sell or otherwise dispose of any property acquired under this
subsection.
  (6) Any real property acquired and owned by the State Accident
Insurance Fund Corporation under this section shall be subject to
ad valorem taxation.
  (7) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may furnish
advice, services and excess workers' compensation and employer
liability insurance to any employer qualified as a self-insured
employer under the provisions of ORS 656.407, on such terms and
conditions as the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation deems
reasonable.
  (8) With the approval of the Director of the Department of
Consumer and Business Services, the State Accident Insurance Fund
Corporation may provide reinsurance coverage to Oregon employers
on such terms and conditions as the State Accident Insurance Fund
Corporation deems reasonable.
   { +  (9) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may
contract with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to
provide claim management services for claims filed under ORS
655.505 to 655.555 by inmates of institutions of the Department
of Corrections. + }
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