POLICY RE A2223 FUNDING AND PAYMENT OF WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS FINAL.PDF

MARICOPA COUNTY INTERNAL POLICY
Policy Title: Policy Number: A2223
FUNDING AND PAYMENT OF WORKERS’
COMPENSATION CLAIMS Current Adoption 5-20-2015
Date:
Board Agenda
Approved by: Number:
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Original Adoption 11-1991
Date:
I. PURPOSE
To establish the funding and payment structure for Workers' Compensation benefits and
claim settlements.
II. DEFINITION
A. Appointing Authority: An elected official, the single administrative or executive
head of a Department/Special District, or the designated representative authorized to
act in this capacity.
III. POLICY
The County is insured through a Self-Insured Trust Fund established by the
Board of Supervisors for the funding and payment of claim expenses. The fund is
administered by the Risk Management Department and is overseen by a Board
of Trustees appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
Workers' Compensation or industrial injury claims, and other claims against the
County will be administered by Risk Management. Industrial injury claims, shall
be submitted to Risk Management no later than 24 hours following the incident
on the Risk Management Incident Reporting Website http://ebc.maricopa.gov/RM/
(See Policy A2218, Reporting Industrial Injury or Illness).
A. Procedures
1. The Board of Supervisors established a Self-Insured Trust Fund for the
funding and payment of claims expenses.
a. Funding and allocation of losses shall be anticipated and addressed in a
systematic manner utilizing the following methods:
i. Use of historical loss data and trends
ii. Actuarial studies projecting future losses
iii. Cost of losses by department in order to allocate funding back to
the departments generating the losses
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Policy Title: Policy Number: A2223
FUNDING AND PAYMENT OF WORKER’S
COMPENSATION CLAIMS Current Adoption 5-20-2015
Date:
Revision History
Version Revision Date Description of Revision
1 Nov 1991 Initial version
This policy has been revised to conform to modified
policy A2218, Reporting Industrial Injury or Illness.
2 20 May 2015 This revised policy now incorporates language
related to the new Risk Management Incident
Reporting Web Form that has been developed.