2014 House Bill 5486 / Public Act 235

Reorganize workers comp self-insurance trust fund

Introduced in the House

April 29, 2014

Introduced by Rep. Harvey Santana (D-9)

To establish that rights to an insolvent employer’s records currently vested in a state workers compensation “self-insurers' security fund” would be the same under the replacement entity proposed by House Bills 5478 and 5479 for covering worker's compensation insurance benefits owed by an insolvent self-insured employer.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce

May 14, 2014

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

May 27, 2014

Passed in the House 109 to 1 (details)

To establish that rights to an insolvent employer’s records currently vested in a state workers compensation “self-insurers' security fund” would be the same under the replacement entity proposed by House Bills 5478 and 5479 for covering worker's compensation insurance benefits owed by an insolvent self-insured 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.

Received in the Senate

May 28, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing

June 11, 2014

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

June 12, 2014

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To establish that rights to an insolvent employer’s records currently vested in a state workers compensation “self-insurers' security fund” would be the same under the replacement entity proposed by House Bills 5478 and 5479 for covering worker's compensation insurance benefits owed by an insolvent self-insured 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.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

June 21, 2014