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BEFORE THE STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
TO: All Concerned Persons
1. On January 30, 2015, the Montana State Fund proposes to amend the above-stated rule.
2. The Montana State Fund will make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities who wish to participate in the rulemaking process and need an alternative accessible format of this notice. If you require an accommodation, contact the Montana State Fund no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 13, 2015, to advise us of the nature of the accommodation that you need. Please contact Nancy Butler, Montana State Fund, P.O. Box 4759, 855 Front Street, Helena, Montana 59604-4759; telephone (406) 495-5138; fax (406) 495-5023; or e-mail [email protected].
3. The rule proposed to be amended provides as follows, deleted matter interlined, new matter underlined:
2.55.320 METHOD FOR ASSIGNMENT OF CLASSIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYMENTS (1) and (2) remain the same. (3) The State Fund staff shall assign its insureds to classifications contained in the classifications section of the State Compensation Insurance Fund Policy Services Underwriting Manual effective July 1,
AUTH: 39-71-2315, 39-71-2316, MCA IMP: 39-71-2311, 39-71-2316, MCA
REASON: This amendment to ARM 2.55.320 is reasonably necessary at this time to reflect the updates to the State Fund's Underwriting Manual (manual), effective July 1, 2014. Under 39-71-2316(1)(e), MCA, after rules have been adopted, the State Fund is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act when changing classifications and premium rates.
The underwriting manual is used by State Fund staff in their usual duties of assigning classifications to insured employers of the State Fund. Each of these classifications has a premium rate that is adopted by the State Fund board in accordance with the board's ratemaking authority. This amendment is made each year to adopt the current version of the manual, which includes new rates, values, and classification code updates effective July 1, 2014. The classification code updates may be those adopted by the Classification Review Committee established in Title 33, chapter 16, MCA, or by the State Fund board of directors. The entire underwriting manual is available on State Fund's web site at www.montanastatefund.com.
4. Concerned persons may submit their data, views, or arguments concerning the proposed action in writing to Nancy Butler, Montana State Fund, P.O. Box 4759, 855 Front Street, Helena, Montana 59604-4759; telephone (406) 495-5138; fax (406) 495-5023; or e-mail [email protected]. Any comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., January 20, 2015.
5. If persons who are directly affected by the proposed action wish to express their data, views, or arguments, orally or in writing at a public hearing, they must make a written request for a hearing and submit this request along with any written comments to Nancy Butler at the above address no later than 5:00 p.m., January 20, 2015.
6. If the agency receives requests for a public hearing on the proposed action from either 10 percent or 25, whichever is less, of the persons who are directly affected by the proposed action; from the appropriate administrative rule review committee of the Legislature; from a governmental subdivision or agency; or from an association having not less than 25 members who will be directly affected, a hearing will be held at a later date. Notice of the hearing will be published in the Montana Administrative Register. Ten percent of those persons directly affected has been determined to be 2600 persons based on 26,000 policyholders.
7. The Montana State Fund maintains a list of interested persons who wish to receive notices of rulemaking actions proposed by this agency. Persons who wish to have their name added to the list shall make a written request which includes the name, e-mail, and mailing address of the person and specifies that the person wishes to receive notices regarding the Montana State Fund. If you prefer to receive notices by e-mail, please indicate this in your request. Such written request may be mailed or delivered to Nancy Butler, Montana State Fund, P.O. Box 4759, 855 Front Street, Helena, Montana 59604-4759; faxed to the office at (406) 495-5023; e-mail [email protected]; or may be made by completing a request form at any rules hearing held by the Montana State Fund.
8. An electronic copy of this notice of proposed amendment is available through the Secretary of State's web site at http://sos.mt.gov/ARM/Register. The Secretary of State strives to make the electronic copy of the notice conform to the official version of the notice, as printed in the Montana Administrative Register, but advises all concerned persons that if a discrepancy exists between the official printed text of the notice and the electronic version of the notice, only the official printed text will be considered. In addition, although the Secretary of State works to keep its web site accessible at all times, concerned persons should be aware that the web site may be unavailable during some periods, due to system maintenance or technical problems.
9. The bill sponsor contact requirements of 2-4-302, MCA, do not apply.
10. With regard to the requirements of 2-4-111, MCA, the Montana State Fund has determined that the amendment of the above-referenced rule will not significantly and directly impact small businesses.
/s/ Nancy Butler Nancy Butler, General Counsel Rule Reviewer
/s/ Elizabeth Best Elizabeth Best Chair of the Board
/s/ Michael P. Manion Michael P. Manion, Chief Legal Counsel and Rule Reviewer
Certified to the Secretary of State December 1, 2014.
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