656.702 Disclosure of records of corporation, department and insurers

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656.702 Disclosure of records of corporation, department and insurers. (1)(a) The records of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation are subject to ORS 192.311 to 192.478.

(b)Notwithstanding ORS 192.355, the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall make the accident experience records of the corporation available to a bona fide rating organization to assist in making workers’ compensation rates. Costs involved in making the records available shall be borne by the rating organization. Accident experience records of carrier-insured employers shall also be available on the same terms to assist in making such rates.

(2)Disclosure of workers’ compensation claim records of the Department of Consumer and Business Services is governed by ORS 192.355 (20). [Formerly 656.426; 1973 c.794 §33a; 1975 c.556 §48; 1987 c.884 §47; 1993 c.817 §3; 1997 c.825 §3; 2007 c.152 §5; 2009 c.57 §1]

Note: The amendments to 656.702 by section 4, chapter 78, Oregon Laws 2025, become operative July 1, 2027. See section 23, chapter 78, Oregon Laws 2025. The text that is operative on and after July 1, 2027, is set forth for the user’s convenience.

656.702.

(1)The records of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation are subject to ORS 192.311 to 192.478.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 192.355, the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall make the accident experience records of the corporation available to a bona fide rating organization to assist in making workers’ compensation rates. Costs involved in making the records available shall be borne by the rating organization.

(b)Accident experience records of carrier-insured employers shall also be available on the same terms to assist in making such rates.

(3)Disclosure of workers’ compensation claim records of the Department of Consumer and Business Services is governed by ORS 192.355 (20).

(4)(a) When records obtained by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services indicate that a professional employer organization’s responsibility to provide workers’ compensation coverage to a client has been terminated under ORS 656.850 (5)(a)(A), the director may disclose the name of the client and the date of termination to the professional employer organization’s insurer.

(b)Information disclosed to an insurer under this subsection may be used only to validate the accuracy of the insurer’s coverage records and may not be disclosed to any other party.