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HB 237: Secrecy of workers comp information
The problem with this legislation is the sentence "The records provided to the North Carolina Industrial Commission under this section shall be confidential and shall not be public records." The records in question are those provided by the North Carolina Rate Bureau. The bureau contends their information, which was used by The News & Observer earlier this year to discover 30,000 employers weren't paying for their insurance, is proprietary. Once the information is in the hands of the government's Industrial Commission, this bill would prevent the public from seeing the records provided by the Rate Bureau. NCPA requests its members to write editorials and push for Gov. Perdue to veto this bill.
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NCPA statements
Editorials on this bill Winston-Salem Journal - 6/27/12 The News & Observer - 6-27-12 The Star - 6/25/12 The Wilson Times - 6/23/12 The News & Observer - 4/6/12 Stories on this bill The News & Observer - 6/28/12 The News & Observer - 6/20/12
Bill Text Filed - 3/3/11 Version 1 - 3/7/11 Version 2 - 6/7/12 Version 3 - 6/14/12 Ratified - 6/21/12
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This legislation primarily deals with making sure employers particpate and pay for the state's workers compensation insurance.