Title 803 | Chapter 025 | Regulation 185


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803 KAR 25:185.Procedure for e-mail notification of cancellation or removal of location of specific workers' compensation coverage.

Section 1.

Definitions.

(1)

"Cancellation of coverage" means coverage lapse notice or an employer location has been removed from the policy.

(2)

"Commissioner" is defined by KRS 342.0011(9).

(3)

"Insurance Coverage Look-up database" means a location in Department of Workers' Claims (DWC) Litigation Management System (LMS) Web site that links a subscriber to the DWC Insurance Coverage database.

(4)

"Litigation Management System" or "LMS" means the electronic filing system utilized in the filing and processing of workers' compensation claims in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(5)

"Person" is defined by KRS 342.0011(16).

(6)

"Workers' compensation coverage" means the insurance required by KRS 342.340(1)(a).

Section 2.

Subscription Requirements.

(1)

Any person who wishes to receive electronic mail notification of cancellation of a specific business' workers' compensation coverage shall subscribe with the Department of Workers' Claims through its Web site at https://kyworkersclaims.lms.ky.gov/CoverageLookup.

(a)

The subscriber shall provide through the link the name and address of each business whose policy is to be monitored.

(b)

The subscriber shall provide through the link the e-mail address to which notices of cancellation of coverage are to be sent.

(2)

 

(a)

The term for a specific subscriber shall be for a period of one (1) year from the date of subscription.

(b)

There shall not be a limit as to how many times subsequent consecutive subscriptions may occur.

Section 3.

Notification by the Commissioner. Upon notification from the insurance carrier that the specific policy selected has been cancelled or that the selected location has been removed from the policy, the commissioner shall notify the subscriber by e-mail to the registered e-mail address within five (5) days of the receipt of a notification of cancellation or removal by the Department of Workers' Claims.

HISTORY: (42 Ky.R. 1421; 1736; eff. 1-4-2016; 47 Ky.R. 1269; 48 Ky.R. 1138; eff. 1-4-2022.)

CONTACT PERSON: B. Dale Hamblin, Jr., Assistant General Counsel, Department of Workers’ Claims, Mayo-Underwood Building, 3rd Floor, 500 Mero Street, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Phone (502) 782-4404, Fax (502) 564-0681, email Dale.Hamblin@ky.gov.

7-Year Expiration: 1/4/2029

Last Updated: 1/13/2022


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