(a) Intent
The intent of this rule is to:
(1) Establish procedures for the Judicial Council's workers' compensation program for the trial courts; and
(2) Ensure that the trial courts' workers' compensation coverage complies with applicable law and is cost-efficient.
(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2016; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.)
(b) Duties of Judicial Council staff
To carry out the duty of the Judicial Council to establish a workers' compensation program for the trial courts, the council's Human Resources office must:
(1) Maintain a contract with a vendor to provide courts, on a voluntary basis, with a cost-efficient workers' compensation coverage program;
(2) Monitor the performance of the vendor with which it contracts to provide such services;
(3) Timely notify the trial courts concerning the terms of the workers' compensation coverage program;
(4) Timely inform the trial courts about the legal requirements with which a workers' compensation program must comply;
(5) Make personnel available by telephone to consult with trial courts regarding the cost and benefits of the plan being offered by the Judicial Council; and
(6) Review and approve or disapprove any other workers' compensation programs identified by a trial court for consideration as a vendor to provide workers' compensation benefits to its employees.
(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2016; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.)
(c) Duties of the trial courts
(1) Each trial court that elects to participate in the program made available through the Judicial Council must:
(A) Timely notify the Human Resources office of its decision to participate in the workers' compensation program being offered through the Judicial Council;
(B) Timely complete and return necessary paperwork to the Human Resources office; and
(C) Timely pay all costs associated with the program.
(2) Each trial court that elects not to participate in the workers' compensation program available through the Judicial Council must:
(A) Independently identify a workers' compensation benefits provider that fulfills all legal responsibilities to offer such benefits in California in a cost-efficient manner;
(B) Timely submit to the Human Resources office for its approval the information necessary to evaluate the workers' compensation program identified by the trial court to provide benefits for its employees; and
(C) Maintain a contract with a workers' compensation benefits provider that fulfills all legal responsibilities to offer such benefits in California in a cost-efficient manner.
(Subd (c) amended effective January 1, 2016; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.)
Rule 10.350 amended effective January 1, 2016; adopted as rule 6.302 effective January 1, 2005; previously amended and renumbered as rule 10.350 effective January 1, 2007.
Title 10, Judicial Administration Rules(Division 2, Administration of the Judicial Branch(Chapter 6, Court Technology, Information and Automation; renumbered effective January 1, 2013; adopted as Chapter 7.