Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 258 (2022GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Mayne, K.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/24/2022

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• modifies certain donations that a workers' compensation insurer may make to the center to offset against certain workers' compensation-related assessments to include donations supporting undergraduate level education and training.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Karen Mayne
House Sponsor: 
 Val L. Peterson
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to donations to the Rocky Mountain Center for
Occupational and Environmental Health (center).
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ modifies certain donations that a workers' compensation insurer may make to the
center to offset against certain workers' compensation-related assessments to
include donations supporting undergraduate level education and training.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
59-9-102.5
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 425
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
59-9-102.5
 is amended to read:
59-9-102.5.
Offset for occupational health and safety related donations.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Occupational health and safety center" means the Rocky Mountain Center for
Occupational and Environmental Health created in Title 53B, Chapter 30, Part 2, Rocky
Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.
(b) "Qualified donation" means a donation that is:
(i) cash;
(ii) given directly to an occupational health and safety center; and
(iii) given exclusively for the purpose of:
(A) supporting 
undergraduate or
 graduate level education and training in fields of:
(I) safety and ergonomics;
(II) industrial hygiene;
(III) occupational health nursing;
(IV) occupational injury prevention; and
(V) occupational medicine;
(B) providing continuing education programs for employers designed to promote
workplace safety; and
(C) paying reasonable administrative, personnel, equipment, and overhead costs of the
occupational health and safety center.
(c) "Workers' compensation insurer" means an admitted insurer writing workers'
compensation insurance in this state that is required to pay the premium assessment imposed
under Subsection 
59-9-101
(2).
(2) (a) A workers' compensation insurer may offset against the premium assessment
imposed under Subsection 
59-9-101
(2) an amount equal to the lesser of:
(i) the total of qualified donations made by the workers' compensation insurer in the
calendar year for which the premium assessment is calculated; and
(ii) .20% of the workers' compensation insurer's total workers' compensation premium
income as defined in Subsection 
59-9-101
(2)(b) in the calendar year for which the premium
assessment is calculated.
(b) The offset provided under this Subsection (2) shall be allocated in proportion to the
percentages provided in Subsection 
59-9-101
(2)(c).
(3) An occupational health and safety center shall:
(a) provide a workers' compensation insurer a receipt for any qualified donation made
by the workers' compensation insurer to the occupational health and safety center;
(b) expend money received by a qualified donation:
(i) for the purposes described in Subsection (1)(b)(iii); and
(ii) in a manner that can be audited to ensure that the money is expended for the
purposes described in Subsection (1)(b)(iii); and
(c) in conjunction with the report required by Section 
34A-2-202.5
, report to the Office
of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst for review by the Higher Education Appropriations
Subcommittee by no later than August 15 of each year:
(i) the qualified donations received by the occupational health and safety center in the
previous calendar year; and
(ii) the expenditures during the previous calendar year of qualified donations received
by the occupational health and safety center.