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AR Code § 11-9-717 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 7 - Proceedings Before Workers' Compensation Commission|§ 11-9-717. Attorney's signature

 (a)  (1)  (A) Every claim, request for benefits, request for additional benefits, controversion of benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion, and other paper of a party represented by an attorney shall be signed by at least one (1) attorney of record in his or her individual name, whose address shall be stated.  (B) A party who is not represented by an attorney shall sign his or her claim, request for benefits, request for additional benefits, controversion of benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion, or other paper, and state his or her address.    (2) The signature of an attorney or party constitutes a certificate by him or her that:  (A) He or she has read the claim, request for benefits, request for additional benefits, controversion of benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion, or other paper;  (B) To the best of his or her knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry, it is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law; and  (C) It is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.    (3) If a claim, request for benefits, request for additional benefits, controversion of benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion, or other paper is not signed, it shall be stricken unless it is signed promptly after the omission is called to the attention of the pleader or movant.  (4) If a claim, request for benefits, request for additional benefits, controversion of benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion, or other paper is signed in violation of this rule, the Workers' Compensation Commission, including administrative law judges, upon motion or upon their own initiative, shall impose upon the person who signed it, a represented party, or both, an appropriate sanction, which may include an order to pay to the other party or parties the amount of reasonable expenses incurred because of the filing of a claim, request for benefits, request for additional benefits, controversion of benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion, or other paper, including a reasonable attorney's fee.    (b) Appropriate sanctions, including the amount of reasonable expenses and attorney's fees, may also be imposed against a party or its attorney which, without good cause shown, fails to appear for a hearing, deposition, or any other matter scheduled by the commission or administrative law judge, or frivolously joins another party.
AR Code § 11-9-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-801. Methods of payment

 (a) Compensation shall be paid by check, by electronic funds transfer, or by state warrant.  (b) Payment shall be made payable to the order of the person entitled to the compensation and paid directly to the person entitled to the compensation.  (c) If the compensation beneficiary is a mental incompetent or a minor of tender years or immature judgment, the Workers' Compensation Commission, in the exercise of its discretion, may direct that payment shall be made to a legally appointed guardian of the estate of the incompetent or minor.
AR Code § 11-9-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-802. Installments

 (a) The first installment of compensation shall become due on the fifteenth day after the employer has notice of the injury or death, as provided in § 11-9-701, on which date all compensation then accrued shall be paid. Thereafter, compensation shall be paid every two (2) weeks except where the Workers' Compensation Commission directs that installment payments be made at other periods.  (b) If any installment of compensation payable without an award is not paid within fifteen (15) days after it becomes due, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, there shall be added to the unpaid installment an amount equal to eighteen percent (18%) thereof, which shall be paid at the same time as, but in addition to, the installment unless notice of controversion is filed or an extension is granted the employer under § 11-9-803 or unless such nonpayment is excused by the commission after a showing by the employer that, owing to conditions over which he or she had no control, the installment could not be paid within the period prescribed.  (c) If any installment payable under the terms of an award is not paid within fifteen (15) days after it becomes due, there shall be added to such unpaid installment an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) thereof, which shall be paid at the same time as, but in addition to, the installment unless review of the compensation order making the award is had as provided in §§ 11-9-711 and 11-9-712.  (d) Medical bills are payable within thirty (30) days after receipt by the respondent unless disputed as to compensability or amount.  (e) In the event that the commission finds the failure to pay any benefit is willful and intentional, the penalty shall be up to thirty-six percent (36%), payable to the claimant.
AR Code § 11-9-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-803. Controversion of right to compensation

 (a)  (1) Each employer desiring to controvert the right to compensation shall file with the Workers' Compensation Commission on or before the fifteenth day following notice of the alleged injury or death a statement on a form prescribed by the commission that the right to compensation is controverted and the grounds therefor, the names of the claimant, employer, and carrier, if any, and the date and place of the alleged injury or death.  (2) Failure to file the statement of controversion shall not preclude the urging of any defense to the claim subsequently filed, nor shall the filing of a statement of controversion preclude the urging of additional defenses to those contained in the statement of controversion.    (b)  (1) If an employer is unable to obtain sufficient medical information as to the alleged injury or death within fifteen (15) days following receipt of notice, although the employer has acted in good faith and with all due diligence, the employer may apply in writing for an extension of time for making payment of the first installment or controverting the claim.  (2) This written application is to be postmarked within the fifteen-day period.  (3) The commission may, in its discretion, grant the extension and fix the additional time to be allowed.  (4) Filing of application for an extension shall not be deemed to be a controversion of the claim.    (c) The provision in subsection (b) of this section shall not apply in cases where the physician is an employee of, on retainer with, or has a written contract to provide medical services for the employer.
AR Code § 11-9-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-804. Lump-sum settlement

 (a)  (1) Whenever the Workers' Compensation Commission determines that it is for the best interest of the parties entitled to compensation, and after due notice to all parties in interest of a hearing, the liability of the employer for compensation may be discharged by the payment of a lump sum equal to the present value of all future payments of compensation computed at ten percent (10%) discount, compounded annually.  (2) Lump-sum settlements shall not be allowed if the employer presents evidence which proves by a preponderance of the evidence that ordering the compensation discharged in such a manner would result in a substantial adverse effect on the continuing economic viability of the employer.    (b)  (1) The probability of the death of the injured employee or other persons entitled to compensation before the expiration of the period during which they are entitled to compensation shall, in the absence of special circumstances making such a course improper, be determined in accordance with the following table.  (2) It is intended that this table shall be used in conjunction with the discount rate prescribed in subsection (a)(1) of this section for the purpose of calculating the present value of lump-sum settlements to injured employees.    (c) The probability of the happening of any other contingency affecting the amount or duration of compensation shall be disregarded, except the possibility of the remarriage of the widow, which shall be determined in accordance with the Danish Annuity and Dutch Remarriage Table.    Age Years Average Remaining Lifetime Years 1 74.97 2 75.37 3 74.47 4 73.54 5 72.59 6 71.63 7 70.67 8 69.70 9 68.73 10 67.75 11 66.77 12 65.80 13 64.82 14 63.84 15 62.87 16 61.90 17 60.94 18 59.97 19 59.02 20 58.06 21 57.10 22 56.15 23 55.19 24 54.24 25 53.29 26 52.33 27 51.38 28 50.42 29 49.47 30 48.52 31 47.57 32 46.62 33 45.68 34 44.73 35 43.79 36 42.86 37 41.92 38 40.66 39 40.07 40 39.14 41 38.23 42 37.31 43 36.41 44 35.50 45 34.60 46 33.71 47 32.83 48 31.95 49 31.08 50 30.21 51 29.35 52 28.49 53 27.65 54 26.80 55 25.97 56 25.14 57 24.31 58 23.49 59 22.68 60 21.88 61 21.09 62 20.30 63 19.53 64 18.76 65 18.00 66 17.25 67 16.51 68 15.78 69 15.06 70 14.35 71 13.67 72 13.01 73 12.38 74 11.77 75 11.18 76 10.61 77 10.04 78 9.48 79 8.93 80 8.40 81 7.90 82 7.42 83 6.98 84 6.57 85 6.17 86 5.80 87 5.43 88 5.09 89 4.77 90 4.47 91 4.18 92 3.92 93 3.69 94 3.50 95 3.33 96 3.18 97 3.06 98 2.95 99 2.85 100 2.77   Click to view table.
AR Code § 11-9-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-805. Joint petition for final settlement

 (a)  (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, upon petition filed by the employer or carrier and the injured employee requesting that a final settlement be had between the parties, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall hear the petition and take testimony and make investigations as may be necessary to determine whether a final settlement should be had.  (2)  (A) If a claimant has been determined to be eligible for Medicare, the parties may petition the commission for a partial settlement of all issues other than future medical treatment.  (B) A partial settlement under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section is final concerning all issues except future medical treatment.      (b)  (1)  (A) If the commission decides that a final settlement award is in the best interests of the parties, the commission may order an award that is final concerning the rights of all the parties to the joint petition.  (B) After the commission enters an order with regard to any full settlement, the commission does not have jurisdiction over any claim for the same injury or any results arising from it.    (2)  (A) If the commission decides that a partial settlement award is in the best interests of the parties, the commission may order an award that is final concerning the partial settlement of the rights of all the parties to the joint petition.  (B) After the commission enters an order with regard to any partial settlement, the commission does not have jurisdiction over any claim for the same injury or any results arising from it other than claims for future medical expenses.      (c) If an employee has returned to work or agreed to return to work, the commission shall not approve a joint petition which has allotted moneys for vocational rehabilitation or any indemnity benefits in excess of that payable as an anatomical impairment as established by objective and measurable findings.  (d) If the commission denies the petition, the denial shall be without prejudice to either party.  (e) An appeal shall not lie from an order or award denying or approving a joint petition.
AR Code § 11-9-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-806. Disputed source of benefits

 (a) In any case where an employer changes insurance carriers or where the employer having been self-insured, becomes insured or, having been insured, is approved to be self-insured, and the only dispute in a claim against that employer is the proper source of payment of benefits, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall direct that the appropriate compensation benefits be paid on an equal basis by the carriers or self-insured employer.  (b) Upon eventual resolution of the issue, the prevailing respondent shall be entitled to reimbursement from the other respondent of all moneys paid together with interest at the legal rate from the date of payment.
AR Code § 11-9-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-807. Credit for compensation or wages paid

 (a) If the employer has made advance payments for compensation, the employer shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of any unpaid installment or installments of compensation due.  (b) If the injured employee receives full wages during disability, he or she shall not be entitled to compensation during the period.
AR Code § 11-9-808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-808. Deposit or bond to secure payment

 The Workers' Compensation Commission may require any employer to make a deposit or bond with the commission to secure the prompt and convenient payment of compensation, and payments shall be made upon order of the commission.
AR Code § 11-9-809 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-809. Interest

 Compensation shall bear interest at the legal rate from the day an award is made by either an administrative law judge or the full Workers' Compensation Commission on all accrued and unpaid compensation.
AR Code § 11-9-810 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-810. Notice of payment

 (a) Upon making the first payment and upon suspension of payment of compensation, the employer shall notify the Workers' Compensation Commission of that fact on a form prescribed by the commission.  (b)  (1) Within thirty (30) days after the final payment of compensation has been made, the employer shall send to the commission a notice, in accordance with a form prescribed by the commission. This form shall state that the final payment has been made, the total amount of compensation paid, the name of the employee and of any other person to whom compensation has been paid, the date of the injury or death, and the person to whom compensation has been paid.  (2) If the employer fails so to notify the commission within that time, the commission may assess against the employer a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), but no penalty shall be assessed without notice to the employer, giving the employer an opportunity to be heard.
AR Code § 11-9-811 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-811. Investigations

 Upon its own initiative at any time where compensation payments are being made without an award, the Workers' Compensation Commission may and in any case where the right to compensation has been controverted or where payments of compensation have been suspended, or where an employer seeks to suspend payments made under an award, or on application of an interested party, the commission shall make such investigation, cause such medical examination to be made, hold such hearings, and take such further action as the commission deems proper for the protection of the rights of all parties.
AR Code § 11-9-812 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-812. Incarceration of injured employee

 (a)  (1) When any person who receives workers' compensation benefits is incarcerated in an institution under the control of the Division of Correction, the inmate's spouse or, if no spouse, the inmate's minor dependent children, may petition the Workers' Compensation Commission to award to the spouse or minor dependent children the inmate's workers' compensation weekly disability benefits for the period of the claimant's incarceration.  (2) If the inmate has no surviving spouse or surviving minor dependent children, the division may petition the commission to award to the division the amount of the workers' compensation weekly disability benefits for the period of the claimant's incarceration necessary to reimburse the division for the cost of incarcerating the inmate.    (b) The commission shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this section.
AR Code § 11-9-813 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 8 - Payment|§ 11-9-813. Deductibles

 (a)  (1) Upon approval by the Insurance Commissioner, and following the adoption of such rules as the Insurance Commissioner deems necessary and advisable, each insurer issuing a policy under this chapter shall offer, as a part of the policy or as an optional endorsement to the policy, deductibles optional to the policyholder for benefits payable under this chapter.  (2) Deductible amounts offered shall be fully disclosed to the prospective policyholder in writing in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100), two hundred dollars ($200), three hundred dollars ($300), four hundred dollars ($400), and five hundred dollars ($500), or increments of five hundred dollars ($500), up to a maximum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per compensable claim, or in such other amounts as may be set by the Insurance Commissioner.  (3) The policyholder exercising the deductible option shall choose only one (1) deductible amount.    (b) Optional deductibles shall be offered in each policy insuring liability for workers' compensation that is issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed under this chapter on or after approval by the Insurance Commissioner, unless an insured employer and insurer agree to renegotiate a workers' compensation policy in effect on that date so as to include a provision allowing for a deductible.  (c)  (1) If the policyholder exercises the option and chooses a deductible, the insured employer shall be liable for the amount of the deductible for benefits paid for each compensable claim of work injury suffered by an employee.  (2) The insurer shall pay all or part of the deductible amount, whichever is applicable to a compensable claim, to the person or medical provider entitled to the benefits conferred by this chapter and then seek reimbursement from the insured employer for the applicable deductible amount.  (3) The payment or nonpayment of deductible amounts by the insured employer to the insurer shall be treated under the policy insuring the liability for workers' compensation in the same manner as payment or nonpayment of premiums.    (d) If the Insurance Commissioner determines it to be feasible, and under such rules as he or she may adopt, premium reduction for deductibles may be determined before the application of any experience modification, premium surcharge, or premium discounts, and, to the extent that an employer's experience rating or safety record is based on benefits paid, money paid by the insured employer under a deductible as provided in this section may not be included as benefits paid so as to harm the experience rating of the employer.  (e) This section shall not apply to employers who are approved to self-insure against liability for workers' compensation or group self-insurance funds for workers' compensation.
AR Code § 11-9-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 9 - Workers' Compensation Private Sector Self-Insurer Guaranty Funds|§ 11-9-901. Creation — Exemption

 (a)  (1)  (A) The Workers' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to recognize two separate entities formed under the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and §§ 4-28-209 — 4-28-223, to function as guaranty funds for Arkansas workers' compensation self-insurers in the private sector.  (B) One (1) guaranty fund will be established for individual self-insurers and homogeneous self-insurer groups, as defined in § 11-9-404(a)(3)(A).  (C) A separate guaranty fund will be established for common self-insurer groups, as defined in § 11-9-404(a)(3)(B).    (2) The two (2) funds shall be created, funded, and administered completely independently from each other.  (3) The assets of the two (2) funds shall remain separate for all purposes and cannot be combined, and the assets of one (1) fund shall not be utilized to satisfy the obligations of the other fund.    (b) Public sector self-insurers are specifically exempted from the provisions of this subchapter.  (c) As used in this subchapter, “public sector self-insurer” means a group of municipalities, a city, a county, or the state entity which directly exercises control over an employee and which pays the employee's salary.
AR Code § 11-9-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 9 - Workers' Compensation Private Sector Self-Insurer Guaranty Funds|§ 11-9-902. Rules

 The Workers' Compensation Commission shall promulgate rules to implement this subchapter.
AR Code § 11-9-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 9 - Workers' Compensation Private Sector Self-Insurer Guaranty Funds|§ 11-9-903. Liability

 There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall lie, whether at law or in equity, against any agent or employee of the two (2) corporations, their boards of directors, any Arkansas workers' compensation self-insurer, or the Workers' Compensation Commission or any of its representatives on account of any action or inaction by any of them in the administration of the workers' compensation self-insurer guaranty funds or the performance of their duties in connection therewith.
AR Code § 11-9-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 9 - Workers' Compensation Private Sector Self-Insurer Guaranty Funds|§ 11-9-904. Amount of fund — Assessment — Inadequacy

 (a) Each corporation acting as the guaranty fund shall independently determine periodically the amount of money each Arkansas workers' compensation self-insurer should contribute to each fund in order to provide an adequate pool of money to pay workers' compensation benefits owed by an Arkansas self-insurer when such self-insurer fails to meet its workers' compensation benefits obligations.  (b) The Workers' Compensation Commission shall assess all workers' compensation self-insurers in an amount determined by each corporation, and the commission shall transmit the moneys collected to each corporation to be used solely to make workers' compensation benefit payments from each fund and to defray the expenses of each fund.  (c) At any time that a workers' compensation self-insurer guaranty fund becomes inadequate to make payments to its claimants, the balance of that fund shall be prorated equally among the claimants, and the Arkansas workers' compensation self-insurers who are members of that fund shall be assessed an amount necessary to pay the outstanding claims and expenses and to replenish that fund.  (d) The inadequacy of one (1) fund to make payments to claimants shall have no effect on the operation of the remaining fund, nor shall the assets of the remaining fund be utilized in any manner to satisfy the claims of claimants to the fund suffering from the inadequacy.