4123.353 Public employer granted self-insuring employer status.
4123.353 Public employer granted self-insuring employer status.
(A) A public employer, except for a board of county commissioners described in division (G) of section 4123.01 of the Revised Code, a board of a county hospital, or a publicly owned utility, who is granted the status of self-insuring employer pursuant to section 4123.35 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following:
(1) Reserve funds as necessary, in accordance with sound and prudent actuarial judgment, to cover the costs the public employer may potentially incur to remain in compliance with this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code;
(2) Include all activity under this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code in a single fund on the public employer’s accounting records;
(3) Within ninety days after the last day of each fiscal year, prepare and maintain a report of the reserved funds described in division (A)(1) of this section and disbursements made from those reserved funds;
(4) Within ninety days after the last day of each fiscal year, obtain a written report prepared by a member of the American academy of actuaries, certifying whether the reserved funds described in division (A)(1) of this section are sufficient to cover the costs the public employer may potentially incur to remain in compliance with this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, are computed in accordance with accepted loss reserving standards, and are fairly stated in accordance with sound loss reserving principles.
(B) A public employer who is subject to division (A) of this section shall make the reports required by that division available for inspection by the administrator of workers’ compensation and any other person at all reasonable times during regular business hours.
Effective Date: 03-12-2001