A. The Commission shall have a peer-reviewed study conducted every two years commencing in 2016 by a reputable independent, not-for-profit research organization to determine how Virginia’s workers’ compensation system and workers’ compensation medical costs compare with (i) those of other states’ systems and (ii) previous workers’ compensation medical benchmarks studies conducted in Virginia. Such studies shall also review the status of access to medical services under Virginia’s workers’ compensation system.

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B. The Commission shall pay for the studies conducted pursuant to subsection A through revenues generated pursuant to the administrative tax assessed pursuant to Chapter 10 (§ 65.2-1000 et seq.) and deposited in the fund established pursuant to § 65.2-1007.

2016, cc. 279, 290.