52:18A-222 - Risk Management Committee

52:18A-222  Risk Management Committee.
4.  a.  There is created a Risk Management Committee to monitor the State's risk management program as developed and coordinated by the division.  The committee shall be comprised of the commissioner of each principal department in State Government, or his designee.  The State Treasurer and the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall serve as co-chairpersons of the committee, and the director of the division shall serve as Executive Secretary.  The committee shall meet at least once every three months to:

(1)review the accident frequency reports prepared by the division  pursuant to subsection d. of section 3 of P.L.2007, c.56 (C.52:18A-221);

(2)review policy issues related to worker safety and capital repair issues and their relationship to workers' compensation claims;

(3)develop a program and schedule for risk management training of appropriate managers within the principal departments; and

(4)oversee the establishment and operation of the risk management committees of each of the principal departments.

b.Each commissioner shall, pursuant to his general rule-making authority within each respective department, direct the appropriate personnel to administer and enforce any programs or protocols developed by the committee.

L.2007,c.56,s.4.