(1) Notwithstanding ORS 656.605, if a self-insured employer group is decertified no later than September 15, 2014, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may advance funds from the Workers’ Benefit Fund to injured workers who have not received payment of compensation due after the common claims fund and securities deposited with the director are exhausted.
(2) Expenditures authorized under this section may exceed the amount of surety bonds and any other security on deposit with the director for the decertified self-insured employer group.