Bill Text: VA HB807 | 2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Workers' compensation; insurance carriers to file proof of coverage within 30 days of inception.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0282) [HB807 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HB807-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §65.2-804 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §65.2-804. Evidence of compliance with title; notices of cancellation of insurance. A. 1. Each employer subject to this title shall file with the
Workers' Compensation Commission, in form prescribed by it, annually or as
often as may be necessary, evidence of his compliance with the provisions of §
65.2-801 and all others relating thereto; however, 2. Every employer who cancels his insurance or his membership in a licensed group self-insurance association shall, prior to cancelling his insurance or his membership, give 30 days' written notice to his employees covered. Every employer who receives the notice required under subsection B of this section shall immediately forward a copy to his employees covered. Where the employer is a mine owner or operator, the notice or copy of notice required to be given by this subsection shall also be given to the Chief Mine Inspector. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply with respect to a cancellation incident to a change of insurance or membership where no lapse of coverage occurs. B. No policy of insurance hereafter issued under the provisions of this title, nor any membership agreement in a group self-insurance association, shall be cancelled or nonrenewed by the insurer issuing such policy or by the group self-insurance association cancelling or nonrenewing such membership, except on 30 days' notice to the employer and the Workers' Compensation Commission, unless the employer has obtained other insurance and the Workers' Compensation Commission is notified of that fact by the insurer assuming the risk, or unless, in the event of cancellation, said cancellation is for nonpayment of premiums; then 10 days' notice shall be given the employer and the Workers' Compensation Commission. C. The Commission may designate an agent for receipt of any notices required to be given to it pursuant to this section. |