Monday, June 2, 2008

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Monday, June 2

8:00 am Call to Order

8:05 am Wyoming Dept. of Employment, Workers' Safety and Compensation Division

· Claims processing: injury reports, deadlines, administrative decision, contested case, appeals

· Medical benefits: decision process, common areas of dispute

· Indemnity benefits: calculation of temporary total disability, permanent partial disability, permanent total benefits, vocational retraining, death benefits

· Fund profile: claims, injuries, expense categories, administrative expenses, OAH and Med. Comm. hearing expenses, attorney fees

· Actuarial status: state employment, average wage, estimated fund liability, reserves, premium trends, historical analysis of unfunded liability

· Staffing and caseload issues

· Alternatives to current death benefit award

· Mental-mental injury exclusion

· Coverage for chronic diseases: workplace exposure vs. lifestyle

· 2008 failed legislative proposals

· Employer compliance: delinquencies, misclassification

12:00 am Lunch

1:30 pm Workers' Compensation – Comment

· Lynn Birleffi – Wyo. Lodging and Restaurant Association

· Dan Neal – Wyoming Policy Center

· Hank Gardner, M.D. – Human Capital Research Management

· Kim Floyd – Wyo. AFL/CIO

· George Santini – Wyo. Trial Lawyers Assn.

· John Narva – Federated Firefighters of Wyoming

3:30 pm Public Comment

4:30 pm Committee discussion, requests for draft legislation

Adjourn upon completion of committee business.

TENTATIVE AGENDA

(subject to revision)

Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

University of Wyoming Outreach Building

951 North Poplar • Casper, WY 82601

Tuesday, June 3

8:00 am Worker's Compensation – Committee Agenda (cont'd, if necessary)

8:30 am National Association of Professional Employer Organizations – Adam Peer

9:00 am Healthcare Access and Affordability

9:30 am Wyoming Healthcare Commission Report: Patient Safety Organization

9:45 am Department of Health Report: Adult Daycare Study

10:00 am Break

10:15 am Department of Health Report: Medicaid provider reimbursement adjustments

10:30 am Department of Health Report: Colorectal screening program statistics

11:00 am Wyoming Aging and Developmental Resource Center – Ken Hoff

Public Comment

Reports from committee members

Committee discussion/requests for draft legislation

Adjournment upon completion of committee business.

NOTE: The topic of public smoking bans is not scheduled for this meeting. The Committee anticipates that topic will be considered at its September meeting.