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TN Code § 50-6-227 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-227. Alien Dependents of Deceased Employee — Payment to Consular Officer or Representative — Bond — List of Dependents. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.]

    In the event compensation is payable due to the death of an employee under this chapter, and the decedent leaves an alien dependent or dependents residing outside of the United States, a workers' compensation specialist is authorized to conduct a benefit review conference to attempt to resolve the issues; provided, that a representative or representatives of the employer and a duly authorized representative or representatives of the consul or other representative of the foreign country in which the dependent or dependents resides are present. In the event a settlement agreement is reached, the commissioner or commissioner's designee is authorized to approve the settlement, and the order of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall be entitled to the same standing as a judgment of a court of record for all purposes. In the event the parties are unable to reach an agreement at the benefit review conference, the employer or employee's representative may file a complaint in the circuit or chancery court that would have jurisdiction of the matter pursuant to § 50-6-225 requesting the court to hear and determine the matter.   The commissioner, or commissioner's designee, or the court shall order payment of any compensation due from the employer to be made to the duly accredited consular officer of the country of which the beneficiaries are citizens. The consular officer or the consular officer's representative shall be fully authorized and empowered by this law to settle all claims for compensation and to receive the compensation for distribution to the persons entitled to the compensation.     The distribution of funds in cases described in subdivision (a)(1) shall be made only upon the order of the commissioner, the commissioner's designee, or the court that heard the matter. If required to do so by the commissioner, the commissioner's designee, or the court, the consular officer or the consular officer's representative shall execute a good and sufficient bond to be approved by the commissioner, the commissioner's designee, or the court, conditioned upon the faithful accounting of the moneys so received by the consular officer or the consular officer's representative. Before the bond is discharged a verified statement of receipts and disbursements of the moneys shall be made and filed with the commissioner or the court, as appropriate.     The consular officer or the consular officer's representative shall, before receiving the first payment of the compensation, and at reasonable times thereafter, upon the request of the employer, furnish to the employer a sworn statement containing a list of the dependents with the name, age, residence, extent of dependency and relation to the deceased of each dependent.
TN Code § 50-6-228 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-228. Copies of Settlements and Releases — Filing. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.]

 Copies of all settlements and releases shall be filed by the employer with the division of workers' compensation, within ten (10) days after the settlements are made, and shall become part of the permanent records of the division.
TN Code § 50-6-229 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-229. Commutation to Lump Sum Payment With Consent of Court

  The amounts of compensation payable periodically under this chapter may be commuted to one (1) or more lump sum payments. These may be commuted upon motion of any party subject to the approval of the court of workers' compensation claims. No agreed stipulation or order or any agreement by the employer and employee or any other party to the proceeding shall be a prerequisite to the court's approval or disapproval of the award being paid in one (1) or more lump sum payments. In making the commutation, the lump sum payment shall, in the aggregate, amount to a sum of all future installments of compensation. No settlement or compromise shall be made except on the terms provided in this chapter. In determining whether to commute an award, the trial court shall consider whether the commutation will be in the best interest of the employee, and the court shall also consider the ability of the employee to wisely manage and control the commuted award, regardless of whether special needs exist. Attorneys' fees may be paid as a partial lump sum from any award when approved and ordered by the trial judge.   All settlements of compensation by agreement of the parties and all awards of compensation made by the court of workers' compensation claims, when the amount paid or to be paid in settlement or by award does not exceed the compensation for twenty-six (26) weeks of disability, shall be final and not subject to readjustment.   All amounts paid by the employer and received by the employee or the employee's dependents, by lump sum payments, shall be final, but the amount of any award payable periodically for more than twenty-six (26) weeks may be modified as follows:  At any time by agreement of the parties and approval by the court; or   If the parties do not agree, then at any time after twenty-six (26) weeks from the date of the award, either party may file an application to the court of workers' compensation claims, on the ground of increase or decrease of incapacity due solely to the injury.
TN Code § 50-6-229 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-229. Commutation to Lump Sum Payment With Consent of Court. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.]

  The amounts of compensation payable periodically under this chapter may be commuted to one (1) or more lump sum payments. These may be commuted upon motion of any party subject to the approval of the circuit, chancery or criminal court. No agreed stipulation or order or any agreement by the employer and employee or any other party to the proceeding shall be a prerequisite to the court's approval or disapproval of the award being paid in one (1) or more lump sum payments. In making the commutation, the lump sum payment shall, in the aggregate, amount to a sum of all future installments of compensation. No settlement or compromise shall be made except on the terms provided in this chapter. In determining whether to commute an award, the trial court shall consider whether the commutation will be in the best interest of the employee, and the court shall also consider the ability of the employee to wisely manage and control the commuted award, regardless of whether special needs exist. Attorneys' fees may be paid as a partial lump sum from any award when approved and ordered by the trial judge.    Certified copies of the pleadings, orders, judgments and decrees, whereby any lump sum payment settlement has been approved by the court, shall be forwarded to the division of workers' compensation by the employer within ten (10) days after the entry of any final judgment in the proceeding.   The administrator shall have thirty (30) days after the receipt of the certified copies of the proceedings within which to intervene in the lump sum settlement proceedings to secure a readjustment of the lump sum in accordance with the requirements and provisions of this law, whether court shall have adjourned or not, § 50-6-230 to the contrary notwithstanding.
TN Code § 50-6-230 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-230. Awards and Agreed Settlements — Finality. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.]

 All settlements of compensation by agreement of the parties and all awards of compensation made by the court, where the amount paid or to be paid in settlement or by award does not exceed the compensation for six (6) months' disability, shall be final and not subject to readjustment.
TN Code § 50-6-231 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-231. Lump Sum Payments Final — Modification of Periodic Payments for More Than Six Months. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.]

 All amounts paid by the employer and received by the employee or the employee's dependents, by lump sum payments, shall be final, but the amount of any award payable periodically for more than six (6) months may be modified as follows:   At any time by agreement of the parties and approval by the court; or   If the parties cannot agree, then at any time after six (6) months from the date of the award an application may be made to the courts by either party, on the ground of increase or decrease of incapacity due solely to the injury. In those cases, the same procedure shall be followed as in § 50-6-225 in case of a disputed claim for compensation.
TN Code § 50-6-232 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-232. Present Value of Future Installments — Deposit in Trust Releasing Employer — Trustee to Make Payments

  Any time after the amount of any award has been agreed upon by the parties, or found and ordered by the court, a sum of all future installments of compensation may, where death or the nature of the injury renders the amount of future payments certain, by leave of court, be paid by the employer to any savings bank or trust company of this state to be approved and designated by the court, and the sum, together with all interest on the sum, shall be held in trust for the employee or the dependents of the employee who shall have no further recourse against the employer.   The payment of the sum by the employer evidenced by the receipts of the trustee, which shall be filed with the bureau, shall constitute satisfaction of the award by the employer.   Payments from the fund shall be made by the trustee in the same amounts and at the same time as are required of the employer until the fund interest is exhausted.   In the appointment of the trustee, preference shall be given, in the discretion of the court of workers' compensation claims, to the choice of the injured employee or the dependent of the deceased employee, as the case may be.
TN Code § 50-6-232 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-232. Present Value of Future Installments — Deposit in Trust Releasing Employer — Trustee to Make Payments. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.]

  Any time after the amount of any award has been agreed upon by the parties, or found and ordered by the court, a sum of all future installments of compensation may, where death or the nature of the injury renders the amount of future payments certain, by leave of court, be paid by the employer to any savings bank or trust company of this state to be approved and designated by the court, and the sum, together with all interest on the sum, shall be held in trust for the employee or the dependents of the employee who shall have no further recourse against the employer.   The payment of the sum by the employer evidenced by the receipts in duplicate of the trustee, one (1) of which shall be filed with the division of workers' compensation, and the other filed with the clerk of the circuit court, shall operate as a satisfaction of the award as to the employer.   Payments from the fund shall be made by the trustee in the same amounts and at the same time as are required of the employer until the fund interest is exhausted.   In the appointment of the trustee, preference shall be given, in the discretion of the court, to the choice of the injured employee or the dependent of the deceased employee, as the case may be.
TN Code § 50-6-233 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-233. Enforcement Powers of Administrator — Promulgation of Rules and Regulations to Implement Chapter

   There is conferred upon the administrator the power to enforce this chapter that relate to the assurance of payments of the awards under this chapter.   In no event shall the bureau of workers' compensation charge a fee or impose a cost for any necessary or required forms needed to process a workers' compensation claim.     [Deleted by 2017 amendment.]   In addition to the rulemaking authority granted in § 50-6-118, and subsection (a), the administrator or the commissioner of commerce and insurance, as appropriate, may promulgate rules and regulations implementing this chapter. The rules and regulations shall be promulgated pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 50-6-234 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-234. Discontinuance or Change in Temporary Disability Benefits by Employer — Resumption or Increase of Benefits

  In any case when the employer has commenced paying temporary disability benefits to the employee and has then stopped or changed the benefits for any cause other than failure of an employee to submit to employer requests for reasonable medical examinations by the treating physician or final settlement, the employee may request the assistance of a workers' compensation mediator who shall mediate the dispute, in accordance with § 50-6-236. If the dispute is not resolved by agreement, the parties may submit the dispute to a workers' compensation judge for resolution after the workers' compensation mediator has issued a dispute certification notice in accordance with § 50-6-236.   After temporary disability payments have commenced, when the injured employee reaches maximum medical improvement and the compensability of the injury has not been contested by the employer, then payments shall continue until the injured employee accepts or rejects a job offered by any employer at a wage equal to or greater than the employee's pre-injury wage, if the employee is able to perform the duties of the position within any restrictions placed on the employee by the physician selected pursuant to § 50-6-204. In no case may temporary payments pursuant to this subsection (b) exceed the lesser of sixty (60) days or the value of the employee's permanent partial disability award calculated solely upon the medical impairment; provided, that these limits may be exceeded if agreed to by all parties. The amount of the payment shall be credited against any permanent award. For purposes of this subsection (b), the determination of attainment of maximum medical improvement and the employee's medical impairment shall be made by the physician selected in accordance with § 50-6-204. Nothing in this subsection (b) shall require an employer to return any employee to work.
TN Code § 50-6-234 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-234. Discontinuance or Change in Temporary Disability Benefits by Employer — Resumption or Increase of Benefits. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.]

  In any case where the employer has commenced paying temporary disability benefits to the employee and has then stopped or changed the benefits for any cause other than failure of an employee to submit to employer requests for reasonable medical examinations by the treating physician or final settlement, the employee may petition a court of proper jurisdiction to order that the employer show good cause why the temporary benefits should not be resumed or increased.   Upon a hearing, the court is authorized to award the resumption or increase of the benefits to the employee from the employer.   The hearing shall be held within twenty (20) days after the petition is filed.   After temporary disability payments have commenced, when the injured employee reaches maximum medical improvement, a permanent impairment rating is given and the compensability of the injury has not been contested by the employer, then payments shall continue until the earlier of the following events: the injured employee accepts or rejects a job offered by the employer at a wage equal to or greater than the employee's pre-injury wage, if the employee is able to perform the duties of the position within any restrictions placed on the employee by the physician selected pursuant to § 50-6-204; or a benefit review conference is held and the report is filed pursuant to § 50-6-240. In no case may temporary payments pursuant to this subsection (d) exceed the lesser of sixty (60) days or the value of the employee's permanent partial disability award calculated solely upon the medical impairment; provided, that these limits may be exceeded if agreed to by all parties. The amount of the payment shall be credited against any permanent award. For purposes of this subsection (d), the determination of attainment of maximum medical improvement and the employee's medical impairment shall be made by the physician selected in accordance with § 50-6-204. Nothing in this subsection (d) shall require an employer to return any employee to work.
TN Code § 50-6-237 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-237. Court of Workers' Compensation Claims

 There is created the court of workers' compensation claims in the bureau of workers' compensation, which shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all contested claims for workers' compensation benefits when the date of the alleged injury is on or after July 1, 2014. The administrator shall have sole administrative authority over the court including authority to appoint, and to remove, workers' compensation judges. The administrator shall promulgate rules and regulations consistent with this chapter in order to fulfill the purposes of this chapter in an orderly and efficient manner.
TN Code § 50-6-237 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-237. Purpose of Benefit Review Conference — Paid Representation Required to Be by Licensed Attorney. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.]

  A benefit review conference is a nonadversarial, informal dispute resolution proceeding designed to:  Explain, orally and in writing, the rights of the respective parties to a workers' compensation claim and the procedures necessary to protect those rights;   Discuss the facts of the claim, review available information in order to evaluate the claim, and delineate the disputed issues;   Mediate and resolve disputed issues by mutual agreement of the parties in accordance with this chapter and the policies of the commissioner;   Provide an opportunity for, but not to compel, a binding settlement of some or all of the issues present at the time;   Facilitate the resolution of issues without the expense of litigation or attorneys' fees for either party; and   Determine, under any proposed settlement, whether any employee is receiving, substantially, the benefits provided by this chapter.     Any person charging a fee specifically for the representation of an employee in any early dispute resolution proceeding or benefit review conference under this chapter shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in the state.   When a benefit review conference is held, both the employee and the employer, or the employer's insurer, shall provide that a person with the authority to settle the dispute attends the conference. Parties entering into the benefit review conference process are required to mediate in good faith. Each party must be prepared to consider offers made by the other party. When a specialist determines that a party is not prepared to mediate as required or believes a party is not mediating in good faith, the specialist shall include comments to that effect in the report of the proceeding. Failure to comply with this section may subject the party or their representative to a civil penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5000).
TN Code § 50-6-239 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law|Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation|§ 50-6-239. Motion for Benefit Review Conference — Motion for Expedited Adjudication — Specialists. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.]

  In all cases in which the parties have any issues in dispute, whether the issues are related to medical benefits, temporary disability benefits, or issues related to the final resolution of a matter, the parties shall request the department to hold a benefit review conference.   The parties to a dispute shall attend and participate in a benefit review conference that addresses all issues related to a final resolution of the matter as a condition precedent to filing a complaint with a court of competent jurisdiction, unless the benefit review conference process is otherwise exhausted pursuant to rules promulgated by the commissioner.    The division shall have the authority to schedule a date specific for the benefit review conference. The division shall endeavor to work with the parties or their representatives to schedule a date convenient to the parties, and the parties shall cooperate in scheduling the conference; however, in the event the parties cannot agree to a date within forty-five (45) days of the date a benefit review conference is requested or the date on which the employee reaches maximum medical improvement, whichever date is later, the division shall schedule the conference on a specific date and give the parties written notice of the date and the parties shall attend the benefit review conference on the date scheduled by the division.   If a request for a benefit review conference is on file for a period in excess of one (1) year, the division shall have the authority to schedule a date specific for the benefit review conference and give the parties written notice at their last known address.   If the division fails to conduct a benefit review conference within sixty (60) days of receipt of a request for a benefit review conference or the date on which the employee reaches maximum medical improvement, whichever date is later, the parties may agree to hire a private Rule 31 mediator to conduct the mediation. Any agreement reached through private Rule 31 mediation must be approved by a court or the department in accordance with § 50-6-206.     The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules concerning all aspects of the administrative process related to benefit review conferences pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.