NCCI Proposes Revised Rules Related to COVID-19 Claims

The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) filed Item E-1410 Revisions to NCCI Manual Rules Related to the Inclusion of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Claims in Experience Rating and Merit Rating.

The filing revises rules for reporting COVID-19 claims as an extraordinary loss event.

This filing:

• • • Establishes an end accident date of June 30, 2023, for Extraordinary Loss Event Catastrophe Number 12 for COVID-19 claims.
    • Includes COVID-19 claims with accident dates on and after July 1, 2023, in experience rating calculations.

NCCI proposed that the changes be effective for new and renewal workers’ compensation policies issued on or after 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2023, and any in-force policy in effect on and after July 1, 2023.

Per Commissioner’s Order No. 3142, dated March 21, 2014, the commissioner may issue an order approving the filing, approving the filing with changes, or rejecting the filing.

Affected NCCI Manuals:

• • • Statistical Plan for Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance
    • Experience Rating Plan Manual for Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance

You may review a copy of the filing at www.tdi.texas.gov/rules/2023/nccimanual.html.

View the NCCI Manual Rule Filings for 2023 webpage at NCCI Manual Rule Filings for 2023 (texas.gov).

To comment on the filing or to request a hearing, submit your comments or request to ChiefClerk@tdi.texas.gov or to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC: GC-CCO, Texas Department of Insurance, P.O. Box 12030, Austin, TX 78711-2030 by 5 p.m. Central time, on March 29, 2023. Submit comments separately from any hearing request.