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Senate Bill 1169 |
Senate Author: Janek |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
House Sponsor: Elkins |
Senate Bill 1169 amends the Labor Code to require reimbursement from the subsequent injury fund to an insurance carrier for any overpayment of workers' compensation benefits made by the insurance carrier based on an opinion by a designated doctor if that opinion is reversed or modified by a final arbitration award or a final order or decision of the commissioner of workers' compensation or a court. The bill requires the commissioner to adopt rules to provide for a periodic reimbursement schedule. The bill specifies that an insurance carrier is entitled to reimbursement from the subsequent injury fund for the amount of death benefits as well as income benefits paid to a worker with multiple employment that are based on employment other than that during which the compensable injury occurred. The bill requires the benefit review officer who presides at the review conference to consider a written or verbal request for an interlocutory order for the payment of benefits, and if an interlocutory order is determined appropriate, to issue the order not later than the third day after the receipt of the request.