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IN Code § 22-3-7-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-15. Death Benefits; Burial Expenses

Sec. 15. In cases of the death of an employee from an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the employee's employment under circumstances that the employee would have been entitled to compensation if death had not resulted, the employer shall pay the burial expenses of such employee, not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.7d; Acts 1947, c.164, s.5; Acts 1955, c.241, s.1; Acts 1963, c.388, s.10; Acts 1967, c.313, s.2; Acts 1971, P.L.354, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.225-1983, SEC.3; P.L.95-1988, SEC.13; P.L.170-1991, SEC.18; P.L.201-2005, SEC.8; P.L.167-2019, SEC.2.
IN Code § 22-3-7-17.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-17.1. Collection of Medical Expense Payments; Civil Penalties; Good Faith Errors

Sec. 17.1. (a) A medical service provider or a medical service provider's agent, servant, employee, assignee, employer, or independent contractor on behalf of the medical service provider may not knowingly collect or attempt to collect the payment of a charge for medical services or products covered under IC 22 from an employee or the employee's estate or family members.(b) If after a hearing, the worker's compensation board finds that a medical service provider has violated this section, the worker's compensation board may assess a civil penalty against the medical service provider in an amount that is at least one hundred dollars ($100) but less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.(c) The worker's compensation board may not assess a civil penalty against a medical service provider for a violation of this section that is the result of a good faith error.As added by P.L.216-1995, SEC.6.
IN Code § 22-3-7-17.4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-17.4. Repackaged Drugs; Maximum Reimbursement Amount

Sec. 17.4. (a) As used in this section, "legend drug" has the meaning set forth in IC 25-26-14-7.(b) As used in this section, "repackage" has the meaning set forth in IC 25-26-14-9.3.(c) This subsection does not apply to a retail or mail order pharmacy. Except as provided in subsection (d), whenever a prescription covered by this chapter is filled using a repackaged legend drug:(1) the maximum reimbursement amount for the repackaged legend drug must be computed using the average wholesale price set by the original manufacturer for the legend drug;(2) the medical service provider may not be reimbursed for more than one (1) office visit for each repackaged legend drug prescribed; and(3) the maximum period during which a medical service provider may receive reimbursement for a repackaged legend drug begins on the date of the disablement and ends at the beginning of the eighth day after the date of the disablement.(d) If the National Drug Code (established under Section 510 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 360) for a legend drug cannot be determined from the medical service provider's billing or statement, the maximum reimbursement amount for the repackaged legend drug under subsection (c) is the lowest cost generic for that legend drug.As added by P.L.275-2013, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.99-2014, SEC.6.
IN Code § 22-3-7-17.6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-17.6. Formulary; Reimbursement for "N" Drug

Sec. 17.6. (a) As used in this section, "formulary" refers to the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) Workers' Compensation Drug Formulary Appendix A published by MCG Health.(b) As used in this section, "medical emergency" means the sudden onset of a medical condition manifested by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, that in the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in:(1) serious jeopardy to the employee's health or bodily functions; or(2) serious dysfunction of a body part or organ.(c) Beginning January 1, 2019, reimbursement is not permitted for a claim for payment for a drug that:(1) is prescribed for use by an employee who files a notice of occupational disease under this chapter; and(2) according to the formulary, is an "N" drug.However, if the employee begins use of the "N" drug before July 1, 2018, and the use continues after January 1, 2019, reimbursement is permitted for the "N" drug until January 1, 2020.(d) If a prescribing physician submits to an employer a request to permit use of an "N" drug described in subsection (c), including the prescribing physician's reason for requesting use of an "N" drug, and the employer approves the request, the prescribing physician may prescribe the "N" drug for use by the disabled employee.(e) If the employer does not approve the prescribing physician's request under subsection (d) to permit use of an "N" drug, the employer shall:(1) send the request to a third party that is certified by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission to make a determination concerning the request; and(2) notify the prescribing physician and the disabled employee of the third party's determination not more than five (5) business days after receiving the request.(f) If an employer fails to provide the notice required by subsection (e)(2), the prescribing physician's request under subsection (d) is considered approved, and reimbursement of the "N" drug prescribed for use by the disabled employee is authorized.(g) If the third party's determination under subsection (e) is to deny the prescribing physician's request to permit the use of an "N" drug:(1) the employer shall notify the prescribing physician and the disabled employee; and(2) the disabled employee may apply to the worker's compensation board for a final determination concerning the third party's determination under subsection (e).(h) Notwithstanding subsections (c) through (g), during a medical emergency, an employee shall receive a drug prescribed for the employee even if the drug is an "N" drug according to the formulary.As added by P.L.206-2018, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.10-2019, SEC.96.
IN Code § 22-3-7-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-18. Awards; Lump Sum Payments

Sec. 18. (a) Any employer or employee or beneficiary who shall desire to have such compensation, or any unpaid part thereof, paid in a lump sum, may petition the worker's compensation board, asking that such compensation be so paid, and if, upon proper notice to the interested parties, and a proper showing made before the worker's compensation board, or any member thereof, it appears to the best interest of the parties that such compensation be so paid, the worker's compensation board may order the commutation of the compensation to an equivalent lump sum, which commutation shall be an amount which will equal the total sum of the probable future payments capitalized at their present value upon the basis of interest calculated at three percent (3%) per year with annual rests. In cases indicating complete disability, no petition for a commutation to a lump sum basis shall be entertained by the board until after the expiration of six (6) months from the date of the disablement.(b) Whenever the worker's compensation board deems it expedient, any lump sum under this section shall be paid by the employer to some suitable person or corporation appointed by the circuit or superior court, as trustee, to administer the same for the benefit of the person entitled thereto, in the manner authorized by the court appointing such trustee. The receipt of such trustee for the amount so paid shall discharge the employer or anyone else who is liable therefor.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.10. As amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.53; P.L.1-2006, SEC.341.
IN Code § 22-3-7-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-21. Awards; Disqualification

Sec. 21. (a) No compensation is allowed for any condition of physical or mental ill-being, disability, disablement, or death for which compensation is recoverable on account of accidental injury under chapters 2 through 6 of this article.(b) No compensation is allowed for any disease or death knowingly self-inflicted by the employee, or due to his intoxication, his commission of an offense, his knowing failure to use a safety appliance, his knowing failure to obey a reasonable written or printed rule of the employer which has been posted in a conspicuous position in the place of work, or his knowing failure to perform any statutory duty. The burden of proof is on the defendant.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.14. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2212.
IN Code § 22-3-7-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-22. Industrial Board; Expenses; Office Space; Meetings

Sec. 22. (a) The members of the board and its assistants shall be entitled to receive from the state their actual and necessary expenses while traveling on the business of the board, but such expenses shall be sworn to by the person who incurred the same, and shall be approved by the chairman of the board before payment is made. All expenses of the board in connection with this chapter shall be audited and paid out of the state treasury in the manner prescribed for similar expenses in other departments or branches of the state service.(b) The board shall be provided with adequate offices in the capitol or some other suitable building in the city of Indianapolis in which the records shall be kept and its official business be transacted during regular business hours. It shall also be provided with necessary office furniture, stationery, and other supplies. The board or any member thereof may hold sessions at any place within the state as may be deemed necessary.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.15. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.64.
IN Code § 22-3-7-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-23. Jurisdiction; Administration

Sec. 23. The worker's compensation board shall have jurisdiction over the operation and administration of the compensation provisions of this chapter, the board shall perform all of the duties imposed upon it by the provisions of this chapter, and such further duties as may be imposed by law and the rules of the board not inconsistent with this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.16. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.65; P.L.28-1988, SEC.55.
IN Code § 22-3-7-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-24. Rules; Hearings; Subpoenas; Production of Books and Papers; Attorney's Fees

Sec. 24. (a) The worker's compensation board may make rules not inconsistent with this chapter for carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Processes and procedures under this chapter shall be as summary and simple as reasonably may be. The board, or any member thereof, shall have the power, for the purpose of this chapter, to subpoena witnesses, administer or cause to have administered oaths, and to examine or cause to have examined such parts of the books and records of the parties to a proceeding as relate to questions in dispute. The county sheriff shall serve all subpoenas of the board and shall receive the same fees as provided by law for like service in civil actions. Each witness who appears in obedience to such subpoena of the board shall receive for attendance the fees and mileage for witnesses in civil cases in the courts. The circuit or superior court shall, on application of the board or any member thereof, enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of books, papers, and records.(b) The fees of attorneys and physicians and charges of nurses and hospitals for services under this chapter shall be subject to the approval of the worker's compensation board. When any claimant for compensation is represented by an attorney in the prosecution of his claim, the board shall fix and state in the award, if compensation be awarded, the amount of the claimant's attorney's fees. The fee so fixed shall be binding upon both the claimant and his attorney, and the employer shall pay to the attorney, out of the award, the fee so fixed, and the receipt of the attorney therefor shall fully acquit the employer for an equal portion of the award.(c) Whenever the worker's compensation board shall determine upon hearing of a claim that the employer has acted in bad faith in adjusting and settling said award, or whenever the board shall determine upon hearing of a claim that the employer has not pursued the settlement of said claim with diligence, then the board shall, if compensation be awarded, fix the amount of the claimant's attorney's fees and such attorney's fees shall be paid to the attorney and shall not be charged against the award to the claimant. Such fees as are fixed and awarded on account of a lack of diligence or because of bad faith on the part of the employer shall not be less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150).(d) The worker's compensation board may withhold the approval of the fees of the attending physician in any case until he shall file a report with the board on the form prescribed by such board.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.17; Acts 1965, c.206, s.2. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.66; P.L.28-1988, SEC.56.
IN Code § 22-3-7-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-25. Forms and Literature; Reports; Confidential Information

Sec. 25. The board shall prepare and cause to be printed, and upon request furnish free of charge to any employer or employee, such blank forms and literature as it shall deem requisite to facilitate or promote the efficient administration of this chapter. The reports of occupational diseases and reports of attending physicians shall be the private records of the board, which shall be open to the inspection of the employer, the employee, and their legal representatives, but not to the public unless, in the opinion of the board, the public interest shall so require.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.18. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.67.
IN Code § 22-3-7-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-26. Disputes; Settlement

Sec. 26. All disputes arising under this chapter, except section 3 of this chapter, if not settled by the agreement of the parties interested therein, with the approval of the board, shall be determined by the board.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.19. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.68.
IN Code § 22-3-7-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-28. Destruction of Records

Sec. 28. In order to prevent the accumulation of unnecessary and useless files of papers, the board, in its discretion, may destroy all papers which have been on file for more than two (2) years when there is no claim for compensation pending, or, when compensation has been awarded either by agreement or upon hearing, and more than two (2) years have elapsed since the termination of the compensation period as fixed by the board, but notices of election or rejection shall not be destroyed. However, all records of insurance coverage shall be maintained for thirty-five (35) years.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.21. As amended by Acts 1979, P.L.17, SEC.34; P.L.224-1985, SEC.3; P.L.95-1988, SEC.18; P.L.139-2020, SEC.6.
IN Code § 22-3-7-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-29. Priorities and Preferences; Assignment; Claims of Creditors; Child Support Income Withholding

Sec. 29. (a) All rights of compensation granted by this chapter shall have the same preference or priority for the whole thereof against the assets of the employer as is allowed by law for any unpaid wages for labor.(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), no claims for compensation under this chapter shall be assignable, and all compensation and claims therefor shall be exempt from all claims of creditors.(c) Compensation awards under section 16 of this chapter are subject to child support income withholding under IC 31-16-15 and other remedies available for the enforcement of a child support order. The maximum amount that may be withheld under this subsection is one-half (1/2) of the compensation award.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.22. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.70; P.L.95-1988, SEC.19; P.L.1-1997, SEC.107.
IN Code § 22-3-7-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-30. Awards; Private Agreements; Filing

Sec. 30. (a) If, after seven (7) days from the date of disablement or any time, in case of death, the employer and the employee or his dependents reach an agreement in regard to compensation under this chapter, a memorandum of the agreement in the form prescribed by the worker's compensation board shall be filed with the board; otherwise such agreement shall be voidable by the employee or his dependent.(b) If approved by the board, the memorandum shall for all purposes be enforceable by the court decree as specified in this chapter.(c) An agreement under this section shall be approved by the board only when the terms conform to this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.23. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.71; P.L.28-1988, SEC.58.
IN Code § 22-3-7-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-31. Waiver of Compensation; Approval; Silicosis or Asbestosis

Sec. 31. (a) No employee, personal representative, or beneficiary shall have power to waive any of the provisions of this chapter in regard to the amount of compensation which may be payable to such employee, personal representative, or beneficiary except after approval by the worker's compensation board.(b) Any employee who, prior to June 7, 1937, has contracted silicosis or asbestosis but is not disabled therefrom may, by August 6, 1937, file with the industrial board a request for permission to waive full compensation on account of disability or death resulting from silicosis or asbestosis, or any direct result thereof, supported by medical evidence satisfactory to the industrial board that he has actually contracted silicosis or asbestosis but is not disabled therefrom.(c) If the industrial board shall approve a waiver filed under subsection (b), the compensation payable for such resulting disability or death of such employee, after further exposure in the employment of any employer shall be fifty percent (50%) of the compensation which but for such waiver would have been payable by any such employer.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.24. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.72; P.L.28-1988, SEC.59.
IN Code § 22-3-7-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-32. Actions and Proceedings; Notice; Limitation of Actions

Sec. 32. (a) No proceedings for compensation under this chapter shall be maintained unless notice has been given to the employer of disablement arising from an occupational disease as soon as practicable after the date of disablement. No defect or inaccuracy of such notices shall be a bar to compensation unless the employer proves that he is unduly prejudiced in such proceedings by such defect or inaccuracy.(b) The notice provided for in subsection (a) shall state the name and address of the employee and the nature and cause of the occupational disease and disablement or death therefrom, and shall be signed by the employee with a disability or by someone in the employee's behalf, or by one (1) or more of the dependents, in case of death, or by some person in their behalf. Such notice may be served personally upon the employer or upon any foreman, superintendent, or manager of the employer to whose orders the employee with a disability or deceased employee was required to conform or upon any agent of the employer upon whom a summons in a civil action may be served under the laws of the state or may be sent to the employer by registered letter, addressed to the employer's last known residence or place of business.(c) No proceedings by an employee for compensation under this chapter shall be maintained unless claim for compensation shall be filed by the employee with the worker's compensation board within two (2) years after the date of the disablement.(d) No proceedings by dependents of a deceased employee for compensation for death under this chapter shall be maintained unless claim for compensation shall be filed by the dependents with the worker's compensation board within two (2) years after the date of death.(e) No limitation of time provided in this chapter shall run against any person who is mentally incompetent or a minor dependent, so long as the person has no guardian or trustee.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.25; Acts 1955, c.195, s.2. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.73; P.L.28-1988, SEC.60; P.L.99-2007, SEC.184.
IN Code § 22-3-7-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-33. Exposure; Presumptions; Joint Employers

Sec. 33. (a) An employee shall be conclusively deemed to have been exposed to the hazards of an occupational disease when for any length of time, however short, he is employed in an occupation or process in which the hazard of the disease exists. The employer liable for the compensation provided for in this chapter shall be the employer in whose employment the employee was last exposed to the hazards of the occupational disease claimed upon regardless of the length of time of the last exposure. In cases involving silicosis or asbestos, the only employer liable shall be the last employer in whose employment the employee was last exposed during the period of sixty (60) days or more to the hazard of the occupational disease. In cases involving silicosis or asbestos, an exposure during a period of less than sixty (60) days shall not be considered a last exposure. The insurance carrier liable shall be the carrier whose policy was in effect covering the employer liable on the last day of the exposure rendering the employer liable, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.(b) Whenever any employee for whose disability or death compensation is payable under this chapter shall, at the time of the last exposure, be exposed in the joint service of two (2) or more employers subject to the compensation provisions of this chapter, the employers shall contribute to the payment of the compensation in proportion to their wage liability to the employees. Nothing in this section shall prevent any reasonable arrangements between employers for a different distribution between themselves of the ultimate burden of compensation.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.26; Acts 1957, c.353, s.3. As amended by P.L.224-1985, SEC.4.