2014 House Bill 5485

House Roll Call 308: Passed

To establish that the “private employer group self-insurers security fund” proposed by House Bills 5478 and 5479 ends up paying the benefits of an injured worker (instead of the self-insured employer paying them, it would have the right to seek reimbursement from the insolvent employer. This is part of a legislative package intended to provide several hundred former Delphi Corporation employees with workers' compensation benefits that reportedly have not been available since 2009 due to the company's bankruptcy.

109 Yeas / 1 Nay
Republican (59 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Democrat (50 Yeas / 1 Nay)