RULE NO: RULE TITLE
69L-3.025: Forms
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Section 440.185(4), F.S., authorizes the Department to approve informational brochures that carriers are required to mail to injured employees and employers. The brochures are required to set forth in clear and understandable language an explanation of the rights, benefits, procedures for obtaining benefits and assistance, criminal penalties, and obligations of injured workers and their employers under the Florida Workers’ Compensation Law. Section 440.185(4), F.S., requires the carrier to mail the Department approved informational brochure to the injured employee within three (3) days after being informed by the employer or employee of an injury. Carriers are also required to annually mail the Department approved informational brochures to employers. The proposed amendment will adopt the updated English and Spanish versions of the workers’ compensation informational brochures that carriers are required to mail to employers and injured employees.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Workers’ compensation informational brochures for employers and injured employees.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 440.15, 440.185, 440.20, 440.591 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 440.14(3), 440.15(1), (4), (9), (10), 440.185(4), (5), (10), 440.20(2), (3), 440.345, 440.35, 440.51(6), (9) FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: June 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Room 230, Alexander Building, 2020 Capital Circle S.E., Tallahassee, Florida
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Pam Macon at (850)413-1708 or Pamela.Macon@myfloridacfo.com. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Pam Macon, Chief, Bureau of Employee Assistance, Division of Workers’ Compensation, 2012 Capital Circle S.E., Tallahassee, Florida 32399, (850)413-1708. The text of the proposed rule and the informational brochures will be available on the Division’s website: http://www.myfloridacfo.com/WC/notices/html.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.