FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: January 26, 2022
Time Requested: 02:21 PM |
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Workers' Compensation |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1374 |
Introduced |
SB177 |
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| CBD Subject: |
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FUND(S):
7152, 7162, 7173
Sources of Revenue:
Special Fund
Legislation creates:
Increases Existing Expenses
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
Senate Bill 177, if enacted, would create a rebuttable presumption of injury arising out of and in the course of employment for professional firefighters diagnosed with skin, lung, esophageal, colon, testicular, prostate, brain, breast, or cervical cancer and also mesothelioma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
It is probable that the provisions of Senate Bill 177 would increase worker's compensation insurance premiums for employers who employ professional firefighters.
Th employers of professional firefighters are generally local government municipalities. It is also likely that certain State administered funds could also see increased costs with the enactment of SB 177.
However, the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner is unable to quantify the extent of the potential cost increases to employers of that classification of workers.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2022
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2023
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Please explain increases and decreases in personal services, current expenses, repairs and alterations, assets, other costs and revenues, including assumptions and data sources and delineation between start-up and ongoing costs. Please also include a long-range schedule of costs and revenues if fiscal impact is expected to vary in future years.
Memorandum
Senate Bill 177, if enacted, would expand the diseases designated to create a rebuttable presumption of injury arising out of and in the course of employment for professional firefighters to include these additional diseases:
skin, lung, esophageal, colon, testicular, prostate, brain, breast and cervical cancer,
mesothelioma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The OIC is unable to estimate the potential increased costs to employers of professional firefighters due to lack of data regarding the incidence of those types of diseases in that classification of workers.
Additionally, it should be noted that the provisions of SB 177 would expire the rebuttable presumption for the above listed diseases, as well as the existing diseases deemed to have the presumption on July 1, 2027, unless extended by the Legislature. No other worker's compensation benefits granted under Chapter 23 contain an expiration date.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Melinda Kiss
Email Address: Melinda.A.Kiss@wv.gov