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Lt. Governor, Members of Workers’ Compensation Task Force Present Report for Governor and General Assembly

Former Lt. Governor Matt Denn (2009-2014) | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2014



Dover, DE – On Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 1:00pm, Lt. Governor Matt Denn will host a press conference to present the Workers’ Compensation Task Force Report to the Governor and the General Assembly, submitted pursuant to House Bill 175, 147th General Assembly. He will be joined by members of the Task Force – including Senators Blevins and Hocker, Representatives Briggs-King and B. Short – and the Governor, who will all make remarks, along with Rich Heffron of the State Chamber and others.

BACKGROUND – Created by House Joint Resolution 3, the task force was established on January 30, 2013 by the General Assembly and Governor to address the 34% increase in average workers compensation rates over the prior two years. Those rate increases increased costs for Delaware businesses and made it harder for them to compete for bids with businesses from neighboring states. On May 13, 2013, the task force made their first set of recommendations to Governor Markell and the General Assembly to stop the large workers’ compensation rate increases that burden Delaware businesses. The General Assembly accepted the recommendations unanimously, including keeping the task force in existence through June 30, 2014, both so that it could consider some issues that it did not have time to discuss during the short time that it had to make recommendations, and so that it could monitor the impact of its recommendations and suggest stricter measures with respect to medical costs if necessary.

The task force stated in the 2013 report that if the reforms recommended in that report were not successful in controlling workers compensation premium increases, then the task force would recommend stricter measures to control premiums. The task force believes that the 11.4% to 14% increase in rates resulting from the last filing was an unacceptable result, and that rates need to be reduced.

The report to be issued on Thursday offers those stricter measures.

Thursday, May 15, 2014
1:00pm
Tatnall Building (next to Legislative Hall)
3rd Floor – Governor’s Press Room
150 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. South
Dover, DE 19901

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Lt. Governor, Members of Workers’ Compensation Task Force Present Report for Governor and General Assembly

Former Lt. Governor Matt Denn (2009-2014) | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2014



Dover, DE – On Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 1:00pm, Lt. Governor Matt Denn will host a press conference to present the Workers’ Compensation Task Force Report to the Governor and the General Assembly, submitted pursuant to House Bill 175, 147th General Assembly. He will be joined by members of the Task Force – including Senators Blevins and Hocker, Representatives Briggs-King and B. Short – and the Governor, who will all make remarks, along with Rich Heffron of the State Chamber and others.

BACKGROUND – Created by House Joint Resolution 3, the task force was established on January 30, 2013 by the General Assembly and Governor to address the 34% increase in average workers compensation rates over the prior two years. Those rate increases increased costs for Delaware businesses and made it harder for them to compete for bids with businesses from neighboring states. On May 13, 2013, the task force made their first set of recommendations to Governor Markell and the General Assembly to stop the large workers’ compensation rate increases that burden Delaware businesses. The General Assembly accepted the recommendations unanimously, including keeping the task force in existence through June 30, 2014, both so that it could consider some issues that it did not have time to discuss during the short time that it had to make recommendations, and so that it could monitor the impact of its recommendations and suggest stricter measures with respect to medical costs if necessary.

The task force stated in the 2013 report that if the reforms recommended in that report were not successful in controlling workers compensation premium increases, then the task force would recommend stricter measures to control premiums. The task force believes that the 11.4% to 14% increase in rates resulting from the last filing was an unacceptable result, and that rates need to be reduced.

The report to be issued on Thursday offers those stricter measures.

Thursday, May 15, 2014
1:00pm
Tatnall Building (next to Legislative Hall)
3rd Floor – Governor’s Press Room
150 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. South
Dover, DE 19901

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