(In effect as of January 1, 2004*)
	TABLE 19.  WORKER'S COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND STUDY COMMISSIONS
	Name of			Nature
	Committee			of			Status
	or	Appointed		Finished	Interests		and/or
State	Commission	By	Purpose	Product	Represented	Term	Accomplishments
Alabama	NO COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS
Alaska	NO COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS
Arizona	NO COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS
Arkansas	NO COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS
California	Commission on	Governor - 4;	Continued ex-	Annual report,	Labor - 4	Start -	Issued annual re-
	Health and	Senate Com-	amination of	with recom-	Employers - 4	1994	port which made
	Safety, and	mittee on	wc system.	mendations.		Ongoing	recommendations for
	Workers'	Rules - 2;					administrative modi-
	Compensation	Speaker of the					fications and legis-
		Assembly - 2					lative proposals for
							the wc system.
California	Rehabilitation	Administrative	Assist voc re-	No annual re-	Insurers - 2	Start -	Recommended a regu-
	Advisory	Director,	hab unit by	port.	Employer	1990	lation regarding
	Committee	Division of WC	recommending		groups - 2	Ongoing	vocational feasibi-
			forms, proce-		Attorneys - 2		lity.  Working on
			dures, and rules		Injured		simplifying the
			to more effec-		workers - 2		return-to-work with
			tively administer				the same employer
			rehab regulations.				process.
*See Introduction page.
	TABLE 19.  WORKER'S COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND STUDY COMMISSIONS (cont.)
	Name of			Nature
	Committee			of			Status
	or	Appointed		Finished	Interests		and/or
State	Commission	By	Purpose	Product	Represented	Term	Accomplishments
Colorado	Medical Care	Director,	Examine medical	Recommendations	Physicians - 2	Repealed 7/1/03	Recommended updates
	Advisory	Division of	care issues.	and advice to	Chiro-		for the medical fee
	Committee	Workers'		the Director.	practor - 1		schedule rules. Re-
		Compensation			Risk Manager - 1		commended medical
					Insurance - 1		treatment guidelines
					Claimant		for low back pain,
					Attorney - 1		cervical spine in-
					Small		jury and lower ex-
					Business - 1		tremities under a new
							model that combines
							medical evidence and
							consensus.  Also re-
							commended updating
							the Level 1 Physi-
							cian Accreditation
							Program.
Connecticut	Workers' Compen-	Governor	Advise Chairman	Recommendations	Labor - 4	Start -	Policy recommenda-
	sation Advisory		on legal, proce-	for statutes,	Industry - 4	four-year	tions; appointment
	Board		dural, and per-	regulations, and	Injured	term	recommendations.
			sonal matters.	commissioner	Workers - 1
				appointments.
Connecticut	Medical Advisory	Chairman,	Advise Chairman	Consultation with	Medical com-	Flexible	Active; no formal
	Panel	Workers'	on medical	Chairman.	munity and		reports available.
		Compensation	issues.		injured workers
		Commission
Connecticut	Legal Advisory	Chairman,	Advise Chairman	Consultation with	Attorneys	Flexible	Active; no formal
	Panel	Workers'	on litigation	Chairman	Claimants		reports available.
		Compensation	matters.
		Commission
	TABLE 19.  WORKER'S COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND STUDY COMMISSIONS (cont.)
	Name of			Nature
	Committee			of			Status
	or	Appointed		Finished	Interests		and/or
State	Commission	By	Purpose	Product	Represented	Term	Accomplishments
Delaware	Advisory Group	Governor	Consult with the	Assistance	Legisla-	Start -	No recommendations
			Department of	in develop-	tors - 2	Jan-98	made as of 1/1/04.
			Labor in develop-	ing annual	Chairpersons	Ongoing
			ing its annual	review.	Business - 3
			review of the		Labor - 3
			effectiveness		Attorneys - 2
			of the manage-		(each represents
			ment of the Indus-		claimants and
			trial Accident		employers)
			Board's caseload.		Industrial Acci-
					dent Board - 2
					Physician - 1
District of	NO COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS
Columbia
Florida	NO COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS
Georgia	Workers' Com-	WC Board	Foster better	Better communi-	Physicians	Start -	The subcommittees
	pensation Board		communications	cation and co-	Employers	May-87	continually make
	Advisory Council		between the	operation be-	Employees	Indefi-	recommendations
			Board and the	tween the part-	Carriers	nite	both legislative-
			various parti-	ies represented.	Self-Insurers		ly and administra-
			cipants in the	Procedures may	Rehabilitation		tively to improve
			wc system.	be changed,	Providers		the wc system in
				forms revised,	Attorneys		Georgia.
				or new pro-	(approx. 87
				cedures concern-	members divided
				ing wc imple-	in six sub-
				mented.	committees)
Hawaii	NO COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS
	TABLE 19.  WORKER'S COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND STUDY COMMISSIONS (cont.)
	Name of			Nature
	Committee			of			Status
	or	Appointed		Finished	Interests		and/or
State	Commission	By	Purpose	Product	Represented	Term	Accomplishments
Idaho	Industrial Com-	Commission	To provide	Recommendations	Workers - 3	Start -	Meets every two - four months.  Revising
	mission Advisory		assistance and	to the Indus-	Management - 3	3-Jan	medical fee database for dispute
	Committee on		advice on the	trial Commission.	Insurance	years	resolution.  Workerd on legislation with
	Workers' Compen-		wc system to		Industry - 3	staggered	H&W to establish a small fee for child
	sation		the Industrial		Attorneys:		support garnishments of w.c. benefits.
			Commission.		Claimants - 2		Addressed out of state adjuster
					Employer - 2		problems.
					Medical
					Providers - 1
Illinois	Workers'	Governor	Assist the WC	Recommendations	Employer	Start -	Inactive.
	Compensation		Commission in	to the Governor	Representa-	12/18/1989
	Advisory		formulating	regarding	tives - 3	Indefi-
	Board		policy, discuss	policy, solu-	Employee	nite
			problems, set	tions to prob-	Representa-
			priorities of	lems, and	tives - 3
			expenditures and	administrative	Other
			establishes	goals.	Categories - 3
			short and long
			range goals for
			administration.
Illinois	Illinois	Chairman,	Regulate the	Determinations	Public	Start -	Graded financial
	Self-Insurer's	Industrial	private indivi-	of employers'	member - 1	1/1/1986	status of employ-
	Advisory Board	Commission	dual self-	financial status	Chairman,	Ongoing	ers; made deter-
			insurance pri-	and amount of	IC - 1		minations for
			vilege in	security employ-	Self-Insurance		amount of security
			Illinois.	ers are required	experts - 5		each employer is
				to post.			required to post.
Indiana	NO COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS
Iowa	Iowa Workers'	A Private Corporation	To provide advice	Recommendations	Agency- 2	Ongoing	Meets 4 times annually,
	Compensation	that selects it's members	and assistance	to the commissioner,	Agriculture-1		conducts the leading WC
	Advisory	and is governed by	to the commissioner	Governor, and	Health Services- 1		conference seminar in Iowa
	Committee (non-	its bylaws.	and seek improvements	legislature; legislative	Labor- 5		each June, adopts
	governmental)		to the WC system	and administrative	Management-5		legislative proposals that are
			by a consensus	rule proposals.	Insurance- 5		customerily enacted,
			building process		Attorneys:		an ongoing forum for
			among business, labor,		Employee- 5		policy discussion.
			insurance and their		Employer- 5
			legal counsel.		Ex Officio- 4
					Ex Parte- 2
	TABLE 19.  WORKER'S COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND STUDY COMMISSIONS (cont.)
	Name of			Nature
	Committee			of			Status
	or	Appointed		Finished	Interests		and/or
State	Commission	By	Purpose	Product	Represented	Term	Accomplishments
Kansas	Workers' Com-	Secretary,	Bring labor and	Make recommenda-	Labor - 5	Start -	Continued to monitor
	pensation	Department	industry toge-	tions to improve	Management - 5	1993	the wc statute;
	Advisory	of Human	ther to recom-	wc laws.	WC Division	Ongoing	participated in
	Council	Resources	mend beneficial		-1		major reform of wc
			Changes to the		Insurance - 1		law, reviewing tech-
			wc laws.				nical and policy
							issues.
Kentucky	Workers' Com-	Governor	Study all	Provide recom-	Labor - 8	Start -	No recommendations
	pensation		aspects of the	mendations to	Management - 8	1987	made as of 1/1/04.
	Advisory		wc program.	the Governor		Ongoing
	Council			and Legislature
				on all matters
				relating to the
				wc program.
Louisiana	Workers' Com-	Governor	Monitor the	Reports on the	Labor - 2	Start -	No recommendations
	pensation		administra-	implementation	Attorney - 2	Jan-90	made as of 1/1/04
	Advisory		tion of the	and administra-	Self-In-	Ongoing
	Council		wc law.	tion of the wc	surer - 1
				law and makes	Business - 2
				specific recom-	State Medical
				mendations to	Society - 1
				the Governor	Citizens - 5
				and legislature.
Maine	NO COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS
Maryland	Joint Workers'	President	Assess the im-	Report to the	Senators - 2	Start -	Discussed legisla-
	Compensation	of the Senate	pact of the	General Assem-	Delegates - 2	1/1/1988	tion and other issues
	Benefits and	and Speaker	legislative re-	bly.	Labor - 1	Ongoing	that have arisen
	Insurance	of the House	forms of 1987, and		Construction		based on experience
	Oversight	of Delegates	subsequent issues		Industry - 1		or appellate opinions.
	Committee		that arise based on		Public - 2		A particular
			experience or		Insurance - 1		focus was on
			appellate		Rating Organi-		discussing
			opinions.		zations - 1		compensability
					Physicians - 1		issues regarding
							infectious diseases.
	TABLE 19.  WORKER'S COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND STUDY COMMISSIONS (cont.)
	Name of			Nature
	Committee			of			Status
	or	Appointed		Finished	Interests		and/or
State	Commission	By	Purpose	Product	Represented	Term	Accomplishments
Massachu-	Workers'	Governor	Monitor the	Annual report;	Labor - 5	Members	Reviewed legisla-
setts	Compensation		wc system	recommend, give	Business - 5	are appointed	tion and offered
	Advisory Council		through legis-	testimony, and	Medical - 1	to five-year	recommendations;
			lative recom-	report on all	Legal - 1	terms.	monitored the dis-
			mendations	aspects of the	Insurance - 1		pute resolution
			and various	wc system.	Government - 2		system; published
			studies.		Voc Rehab -1		annual report de-
							tailing the State
							wc system and
							offering recom-
							mendations to make
							improvements;
							monitored the De-
							partment of Indus-
							trial Accidents'
							budget in detail;
							analyzed costs
							of increasing wc
							benefit; analyzed
							insurance industry
							rate filing and
							concepts.
	TABLE 19.  WORKER'S COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND STUDY COMMISSIONS (cont.)
	Name of			Nature
	Committee			of			Status
	or	Appointed		Finished	Interests		and/or
State	Commission	By	Purpose	Product	Represented	Term	Accomplishments
Michigan	Qualifications	Governor	Interview and	Recommend quali-	Employer and	Ongoing -	Ongoing.  Interviews
	Advisory		review the	fied individuals	employee	members	conducted and recom-
	Committee		qualifications	to the Governor	representatives	serve 4-	mendations made as
			of prospective	for appointment		year terms	needed to fill vacan-
			candidates. Make	to the WC Board			cies on the Board
			recommendations	of Magistrates.			of Magistrates.
			to the Governor
			for appointment
			to the WC Board
			of Magistrates.
	TABLE 19.  WORKER'S COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND STUDY COMMISSIONS (cont.)
	Name of			Nature
	Committee			of			Status
	or	Appointed		Finished	Interests		and/or
State	Commission	By	Purpose	Product	Represented	Term	Accomplishments
Michigan	Health Care	Bureau Director	Assist the	Establishing	Business,	1989 -	Assisted in the es-
	Advisory		Health Care	medical fees.	Medical pro-	Ongoing	tablishment of medi-
	Committee		Services Divi-		viders		cal fee schedules
			sion with cost		Worker repre-		and responsible for
			containment.		Sentatives		cost containment.
							Negotiating new
							practioner fees.
Michigan	Director's	Bureau Director	Discuss and ad-	Discuss and	Self-insured	Ongoing	Provide ongoing
	Advisory		vise the Direct-	strategize on	Group-insured		assistance to the
	Committee		or on issues re-	possible solu-	Insurance		Director regarding
			lated to wc.	tions to issues	Carriers		wc issues.
				that arise with-	WC Section
				in the wc com-	Representatives
				munity and system.
	TABLE 19.  WORKER'S COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND STUDY COMMISSIONS (cont.)
	Name of			Nature
	Committee			of			Status
	or	Appointed		Finished	Interests		and/or
State	Commission	By	Purpose	Product	Represented	Term	Accomplishments
Minnesota	Advisory	Governor, Sen-	Study and re-	Report to the	Business - 6	Start -	The council is
	Council on	ate Majority	port on all	Legislature on	Labor - 6	May-92	continuing to
	Workers'	and Minority	proposed wc	or before	Representa-	Expires:	study a variety
	Compensation	Leaders;	legislation;	February 1st of	tives - 2	only if the	of proposals.
		Speaker and	monitor wc	each regular	(nonvoting)	council no
		Minority	insurance	session.	Senators - 2	longer ful-
		Leader of the	rate trends.		(nonvoting)	fills the
		House of				purpose for
		Representatives				which it
						was estab-
						lished; if
						the council
						hasn't met
						for 18 mon-
						ths; or, if
						the council
						does not
						comply with
						registra-