SHB 1521 — Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.

What this bill does

Provides that self-insured employers and self-insured employers' lay representative third-party administrators have a duty of good faith and fair dealing to workers with respect to all aspects of workers' compensation. Requires the Department of Labor and Industries to enforce the duty of good faith and fair dealing. Establishes penalties for violations of the duty of good faith and fair dealing.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 2023
  69 yea · 27 nay · 2 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 22, 2023
  84 yea · 14 nay
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 20, 2023
  29 yea · 19 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 10, 2023
  32 yea · 17 nay

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