S-3135

   Amend Senate File 435 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   Section 1.  WORKERS’ COMPENSATION STUDY COMMITTEE.
   1.  The workers’ compensation commissioner shall select the members of a workers’ compensation study committee which shall include but is not limited to representatives of labor, management, insurers, agriculture, workers’ compensation claimant’s attorneys, workers’ compensation defense attorneys, and health care providers.
   2.  The committee shall study health care costs, particularly as they relate to work-related injuries and illnesses, workers’ compensation rates, workers’ compensation insurance premiums, workers’ compensation claims data, and the workers’ compensation system as a whole in the state.
   3.  The commissioner shall submit a report to the governor and to the general assembly on or before January 15, 2018, regarding the committee’s findings and recommendations, including proposed legislation, if any, concerning workers’ compensation in the state.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting <An Act requiring the establishment of a workers’ compensation study committee.>

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NATE BOULTON