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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1303 By: Daniels
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to workers' compensation; amending
7 85A O.S. 2021, Section 124, which relates to
8 transfers from Workers' Compensation Court;
8 transferring certain property and records; updating
9 statutory references; updating statutory language;
9 repealing 85A O.S. 2021, Section 121, which relates
10 to the Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation;
10 providing an effective date; and declaring an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 85A O.S. 2021, Section 124, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 124. A. 1. All unexpended funds, assets, property,
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17 records, personnel and any outstanding financial obligations and
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18 encumbrances of the Workers' Compensation Court before February 1,
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19 2014, are hereby transferred to the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation
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20 Commission. The personnel transferred shall retain leave, sick and
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21 annual time earned and any retirement and longevity benefits which
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22 that have accrued during their employment with the state. The
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23 salaries of employees who are transferred shall not be reduced as a
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24 direct and immediate result of the transfer. There shall be no
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1 reduction-in-force as a result of the transfer.
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2 2. Any unexpended funds, including interest thereon, held by
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3 the State Treasurer in an interest-bearing division special account
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4 maintained by the Workers' Compensation Court before February 1,
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5 2014, from which a self-insured employer's workers' compensation
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6 obligations are paid following nonpayment by the self-insured
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7 employer for any reason, including insolvency, shall be transferred
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8 to the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission. Such funds shall
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9 be expended by the Commission only for the purpose of paying
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10 workers' compensation obligations of the self-insured employer, and
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11 costs related to the administration of such obligations, to the
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12 extent of the availability of such funds.
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13 B. 1. All unexpended funds, assets, property, and records and
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14 any outstanding financial obligations and encumbrances of the
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15 Workers' Compensation Self-insurance Self-Insurance Guaranty Fund
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16 Board before February 1, 2014, are hereby transferred to the Self-
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17 insurance Guaranty Fund Board created in the Administrative Workers'
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18 Compensation Act.
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19 2. Any unexpended funds, including interest thereon, held by
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20 the State Treasurer in the Workers' Compensation Self-insurance
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21 Self-Insurance Guaranty Fund before February 1, 2014, shall be
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22 transferred to the Self-insurance Guaranty Fund Board created by the
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23 Administrative Workers' Compensation Act. Such funds shall be
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1 expended by the Board only as authorized in the Administrative
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2 Workers' Compensation Act.
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3 3. Any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by,
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4 against or before the Workers' Compensation Self-insurance Self-
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5 Insurance Guaranty Fund Board when the Board ceased existence may be
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6 continued as if the Self-insurance Guaranty Fund Board was not
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7 created, or the Self-insurance Guaranty Fund Board may be
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8 substituted in the matter. The Self-insurance Guaranty Fund Board
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9 shall be responsible and liable for all liabilities and obligations
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10 of the Workers' Compensation Self-insurance Self-Insurance Guaranty
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11 Fund Board.
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12 C. All property and records of the Physician Advisory Committee
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13 before February 1, 2014, are hereby transferred to the Physician
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14 Advisory Committee created in the Administrative Workers'
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15 Compensation Act.
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16 D. All property and records of the Advisory Council on Workers'
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17 Compensation before February 1, 2014, July 1, 2026, are hereby
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18 transferred to the Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation created
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19 in the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act Commission.
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20 E. All unexpended funds, assets, property, records, personnel
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21 and any outstanding financial obligations and encumbrances of the
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22 Multiple Injury Trust Fund before February 1, 2014, are hereby
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23 transferred to the Multiple Injury Trust Fund created in the
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24 Administrative Workers' Compensation Act. The personnel transferred
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1 shall retain leave, sick and annual time earned and any retirement
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2 and longevity benefits which that have accrued during their
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3 employment with the state. The salaries of employees who are
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4 transferred shall not be reduced as a direct and immediate result of
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5 the transfer. There shall be no reduction-in-force as a result of
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6 the transfer.
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7 F. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
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8 Services is hereby directed to coordinate the transfer of funds,
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9 allotments, purchase orders, outstanding financial obligations or
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10 encumbrances provided for in subsections A and E of this section,
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11 and the transfer of funds, outstanding financial obligations or
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12 encumbrances provided for in subsection B of this section.
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13 SECTION 2. REPEALER 85A O.S. 2021, Section 121, is
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14 hereby repealed.
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15 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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16 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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17 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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18 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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19 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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