§ 107. Workers’ Compensation provided by public utilities
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 85A. Workers’ Compensation
85A Okl.St.Ann. § 107
§ 107. Workers’ Compensation provided by public utilities
A. 1. All public entities of this state, their agencies and instrumentalities, authorities, and public trusts of which they are beneficiaries shall provide workers' compensation to their employees and elected officials engaged in either governmental or proprietary functions in accordance with this section. Compensation or indemnification for compensation shall be paid out of the funds of the public entities.
2. Except as otherwise provided, the state and all its institutions of higher education, departments, instrumentalities, institutions, and public trusts of which it or they are beneficiaries shall insure against liability for workers' compensation with CompSource Oklahoma and shall not be permitted to insure with any other insurance carrier unless:
3. a. The state, all state institutions of higher education except comprehensive universities, and all state departments, instrumentalities, institutions, and public trusts of which the state is a beneficiary, may self-insure. Self-insurance administration may only be obtained through CompSource Oklahoma, unless CompSource Oklahoma begins operating as a mutual insurance company.
(1) the state, all state institutions of higher education except comprehensive universities, and all state departments, instrumentalities, institutions, and public trusts so electing to self-insure shall pay premiums set by CompSource Oklahoma which shall collect premiums, pay claims and provide for excess insurance, and
D. Comprehensive universities shall insure against their liability for workers' compensation with CompSource Oklahoma or, if it can be demonstrated to the Board of Regents of the comprehensive university prior to the inception date of a workers' compensation policy that the policy will result in a lower cost than one with CompSource Oklahoma or if CompSource Oklahoma begins operating as a mutual insurance company, through any combination of the following:
E. In addition to any other provision of this section, city, county, city-county, and public trust hospitals may insure with other insurance carriers licensed in this state if it can be demonstrated to the governing body of the hospital prior to the inception date of a workers' compensation policy each year that the policy will result in a lower cost than one with CompSource Oklahoma or if CompSource Oklahoma begins operating as a mutual insurance company.
G. When a person is employed by the state, a municipality, a county, or by any political subdivision thereof, and, while off-duty from the employment, is employed by a private employer, the private employer alone shall be liable for compensation under this act for any injury or death of the person arising out of and in the course of employment which occurs during the hours of actual employment by the private employer. The provisions of this subsection shall not relieve the state, a municipality or a county, or any political subdivision thereof, from providing disability benefits to which a person may be entitled pursuant to a pension or retirement plan. The provisions of this subsection shall not preclude an employee or group of employees so employed from providing separate compensation coverage for off-duty employment by a private employer.
Credits
Laws 2013, c. 208, § 150, eff. Feb. 1, 2014.
85A Okl. St. Ann. § 107, OK ST T. 85A § 107
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 106 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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