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WA Rev Code § 51.32.1871 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.1871 - Annual report on claims.

RCW 51.32.1871 Annual report on claims. (Expires December 1, 2024.)(1) Five years after June 7, 2018, the department must submit a report to the appropriate labor committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023. The report must include the number of industrial insurance claims which included the presumption provided for in RCW 51.32.187(2)(a).(2) This section expires December 1, 2024.[ 2018 c 9 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 51.32.195 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.195 - Self-insurers—Information to department.

RCW 51.32.195 Self-insurers—Information to department.On any industrial injury claim where the self-insured employer or injured worker has requested a determination by the department, the self-insurer must submit all medical reports and any other specified information not previously submitted to the department. When the department requests information from a self-insurer by certified mail, the self-insurer shall submit all information in its possession concerning a claim within ten working days from the date of receipt of such certified notice.[ 1987 c 290 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 51.32.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.200 - Self-insurers—Enforcement of compensation order against.

RCW 51.32.200 Self-insurers—Enforcement of compensation order against.(1) If a self-insurer fails, refuses, or neglects to comply with a compensation order which has become final and is not subject to review or appeal, the director or any person entitled to compensation under the order may institute proceedings for injunctive or other appropriate relief for enforcement of the order. These proceedings may be instituted in the superior court for the county in which the claimant resides, or, if the claimant is not then a resident of this state, in the superior court for the county in which the self-insurer may be served with process.(2) The court shall enforce obedience to the order by proper means, enjoining compliance upon the person obligated to comply with the compensation order. The court may issue such writs and processes as are necessary to carry out its orders.(3) A proceeding under this section does not preclude other methods of enforcement provided for in this title.[ 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 48.]NOTES:Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
WA Rev Code § 51.32.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.210 - Claims of injured workers, prompt action—Payment—Acceptance—Effect.

RCW 51.32.210 Claims of injured workers, prompt action—Payment—Acceptance—Effect.Claims of injured workers of employers who have secured the payment of compensation by insuring with the department shall be promptly acted upon by the department. Where temporary disability compensation is payable, the first payment thereof shall be mailed within fourteen days after receipt of the claim at the department's offices in Olympia and shall continue at regular semimonthly intervals. The payment of this or any other benefits under this title, prior to the entry of an order by the department in accordance with RCW 51.52.050 as now or hereafter amended, shall be not considered a binding determination of the obligations of the department under this title. The acceptance of compensation by the worker or his or her beneficiaries prior to such order shall likewise not be considered a binding determination of their rights under this title.[ 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 55; 1972 ex.s. c 43 § 26.]
WA Rev Code § 51.32.215 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.215 - Payment of compensation after appeal—Enforcement of order—Penalty.

RCW 51.32.215 Payment of compensation after appeal—Enforcement of order—Penalty.(1)(a) If the worker or beneficiary in a state fund claim prevails in an appeal by any party to the board or the court, the department shall comply with the board or court's order with respect to the payment of compensation within the later of the following time periods:(i) Sixty days after the compensation order has become final and is not subject to review or appeal; or(ii) If the order has become final and is not subject to review or appeal and the department has, within the period specified in (a)(i) of this subsection, requested the filing by the worker or beneficiary of documents necessary to make payment of compensation, sixty days after all requested documents are filed with the department.The department may extend the sixty-day time period for an additional thirty days for good cause.(b) If the department fails to comply with (a) of this subsection, any person entitled to compensation under the order may institute proceedings for injunctive or other appropriate relief for enforcement of the order. These proceedings may be instituted in the superior court for the county in which the claimant resides, or, if the claimant is not then a resident of this state, in the superior court for Thurston county.(2) In a proceeding under this section, the court shall enforce obedience to the order by proper means, enjoining compliance upon the person obligated to comply with the compensation order. The court may issue such writs and processes as are necessary to carry out its orders and may award a penalty of up to one thousand dollars to the person entitled to compensation under the order.(3) A proceeding under this section does not preclude other methods of enforcement provided for in this title.[ 1995 c 276 § 1.]NOTES:Application—1995 c 276: "This act applies to all appeals in state fund claims determined under Title 51 RCW on or after July 23, 1995, regardless of the date of filing of the claim." [ 1995 c 276 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 51.32.225 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.225 - Reduction in total disability compensation—Offset for social security retirement benefits.

RCW 51.32.225 Reduction in total disability compensation—Offset for social security retirement benefits.(1) For persons receiving compensation for temporary or permanent total disability under this title, the compensation shall be reduced by the department to allow an offset for social security retirement benefits payable under the federal social security, old age survivors, and disability insurance act, 42 U.S.C. This reduction shall not apply to any worker who is receiving permanent total disability benefits prior to July 1, 1986. This reduction does not apply to workers who had applied to receive social security retirement benefits prior to the date of their injury or to workers who were receiving social security benefits prior to their injury.(2) Reductions for social security retirement benefits under this section shall comply with the procedures in RCW 51.32.220 (1) through (6) and with any other procedures established by the department to administer this section. For any worker whose entitlement to social security retirement benefits is immediately preceded by an entitlement to social security disability benefits, the offset shall be based on the formulas provided under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 424a. For all other workers entitled to social security retirement benefits, the offset shall be based on procedures established and determined by the department to most closely follow the intent of RCW 51.32.220.(3) Any reduction in compensation made under chapter 58, Laws of 1986, shall be made before the reduction established in this section.[ 2018 c 163 § 1; 2006 c 163 § 1; 1986 c 59 § 5.]NOTES:Application—2018 c 163: "This act applies to claims with dates of injury on or after June 7, 2018." [ 2018 c 163 § 2.]Effective date—1986 c 59 § 5: See note following RCW 51.32.090.
WA Rev Code § 51.32.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.230 - Recovery of overpayments.

RCW 51.32.230 Recovery of overpayments.Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any overpayments previously recovered under the provisions of RCW 51.32.220 as now or hereafter amended shall be limited to six months' overpayments. Where greater recovery has already been made, the director, in his or her discretion, may make restitution in those cases where an extraordinary hardship has been created.[ 2010 c 8 § 14009; 1979 ex.s. c 151 § 2.]NOTES:Applicability—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 151: See notes following RCW 51.32.220.
WA Rev Code § 51.32.242 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.242 - Self-insured employer overpayment reimbursement fund—Withholding from worker earnings—Use of funds—Exception.

RCW 51.32.242 Self-insured employer overpayment reimbursement fund—Withholding from worker earnings—Use of funds—Exception.(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, each self-insured employer shall retain from the earnings of each of its workers that amount as shall be fixed from time to time by the director, the basis for measuring said amount to be determined by the director. These moneys shall only be retained from employees and remitted to the department in such manner and at such intervals as the department directs and shall be placed in the self-insured employer overpayment reimbursement fund. The moneys so collected shall be used exclusively for reimbursement to the reserve fund and to self-insured employers for benefits overpaid during the pendency of board or court appeals in which the self-insured employer prevails and has not recovered, and shall be no more than necessary to make such payments on a current basis.(2) None of the amount assessed for the employer overpayment reimbursement fund under this section may be retained from the earnings of workers covered under RCW 51.16.210.[ 2008 c 280 § 3.]NOTES:Application—2008 c 280: See note following RCW 51.52.050.
WA Rev Code § 51.32.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.250 - Payment of job modification costs.

RCW 51.32.250 Payment of job modification costs.Modification of the injured worker's previous job or modification of a new job is recognized as a desirable method of returning the injured worker to gainful employment. In order to assist employers in meeting the costs of job modification, and to encourage employers to modify jobs to accommodate retaining or hiring workers with disabilities resulting from work-related injury, the supervisor or the supervisor's designee, in his or her discretion, may pay job modification costs in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars per worker per job modification. This payment is intended to be a cooperative participation with the employer and funds shall be taken from the appropriate account within the second injury fund.The benefits provided for in this section are available to any otherwise eligible worker regardless of the date of industrial injury.[ 1988 c 161 § 10; 1983 c 70 § 3; 1982 c 63 § 13.]NOTES:Severability—1983 c 70: See note following RCW 51.32.095.Effective dates—Implementation—1982 c 63: See note following RCW 51.32.095.
WA Rev Code § 51.32.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.260 - Compensation for loss or damage to personal effects.

RCW 51.32.260 Compensation for loss or damage to personal effects.Workers otherwise entitled to compensation under this title may also claim compensation for loss of or damage to the worker's personal clothing, footwear or protective equipment resulting from the industrial accident or incurred in the course of emergency medical treatment for injuries.[ 1983 c 111 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 51.32.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.300 - State employee vocational rehabilitation coordinator.

RCW 51.32.300 State employee vocational rehabilitation coordinator.The director shall appoint a state employee vocational rehabilitation coordinator who shall provide technical assistance and coordination of claims management to state agencies and institutions of higher education under the state return-to-work programs created by RCW 41.06.490 and * 28B.16.300.[ 1990 c 204 § 5.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 28B.16.300 was repealed by 1993 c 281 § 68, effective July 1, 1993.Findings—Purpose—1990 c 204: See note following RCW 51.44.170.
WA Rev Code § 51.32.350 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.350 - Chemically related illness—Criteria and procedures for claims—Claims management.

RCW 51.32.350 Chemically related illness—Criteria and procedures for claims—Claims management.(1) By July 1, 1994, the department shall establish interim criteria and procedures for management of claims involving chemically related illness to ensure consistency and fairness in the adjudication of these claims. The criteria and procedures shall apply to employees covered by the state fund and employees of self-insured employers. The department shall adopt final criteria and procedures by December 31, 1994, and report the criteria and procedures as required under section 5, chapter 265, Laws of 1994.(2) The special procedures developed by the department shall include procedures to determine which claims involving chemically related illness require expert management. The department shall assign claims managers with special training or expertise to manage these claims.[ 1994 c 265 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 51.32.360 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.360 - Chemically related illness—Centers for research and clinical assessment.

RCW 51.32.360 Chemically related illness—Centers for research and clinical assessment.The department shall work with the department of health to establish one or more centers for research and clinical assessment of chemically related illness.[ 1994 c 265 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 51.32.370 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.370 - Chemically related illness—Research projects—Implementation plan—Funding—Deductions from employees' pay.

RCW 51.32.370 Chemically related illness—Research projects—Implementation plan—Funding—Deductions from employees' pay.(1) The department shall conduct research on chemically related illnesses, which shall include contracting with recognized medical research institutions. The department shall develop an implementation plan for research based on sound scientific research criteria, such as double blind studies, and shall include adequate provisions for peer review, and submit the plan to the worker's [workers'] compensation advisory committee for review and approval. Following approval of the plan, all specific proposals for projects under the plan shall be submitted for review to a scientific advisory committee, established to provide scientific oversight of research projects, and to the workers' compensation advisory committee. The department shall include a research project that encourages regional cooperation in addressing chemically related illness.(2) Expenditures for research projects shall be within legislative appropriations from the medical aid fund, with self-insured employers and the state fund each paying a pro rata share, based on the number of worker hours, of the authorized expenditures. For the purposes of this subsection only, self-insured employers may deduct from the pay of each of their employees one-half of the share charged to the employer for the expenditures from the medical aid fund.[ 1994 c 265 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 51.32.380 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.32 - Compensation—Right to and Amount.|51.32.380 - Injured offenders—Benefits sent in the care of the department of corrections—Exception—Liability.

RCW 51.32.380 Injured offenders—Benefits sent in the care of the department of corrections—Exception—Liability.If the department of labor and industries has received notice that an injured worker entitled to benefits payable under this chapter is in the custody of the department of corrections pursuant to a conviction and sentence, the department shall send all such benefits to the worker in care of the department of corrections, except those benefits payable to a beneficiary as provided in RCW 51.32.040 (3)(c) and (4). Failure of the department to send such benefits to the department of corrections shall not result in liability to any party for either department.[ 2003 c 379 § 26.]NOTES:Severability—Effective dates—2003 c 379: See notes following RCW 9.94A.728.Intent—Purpose—2003 c 379 §§ 13-27: See note following RCW 9.94A.760.
WA Rev Code § 51.36.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.36 - Medical Aid.|51.36.015 - Chiropractic care and evaluation.

RCW 51.36.015 Chiropractic care and evaluation.Subject to the other provisions of this title, the health services that are available to an injured worker under RCW 51.36.010 include chiropractic care and evaluation. For the purposes of assisting the department in making claims determinations, an injured worker may be required by the department to undergo examination by a chiropractor licensed under chapter 18.25 RCW.[ 1994 c 94 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 51.36.017 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.36 - Medical Aid.|51.36.017 - Licensed advanced registered nurse practitioners.

RCW 51.36.017 Licensed advanced registered nurse practitioners.Licensed advanced registered nurse practitioners are recognized as independent practitioners and, subject to the provisions of this title, the health services available to an injured worker under RCW 51.36.010 include health services provided by licensed advanced registered nurse practitioners within their scope of practice.[ 2004 c 65 § 16.]NOTES:Report to legislature—Effective date—Severability—2004 c 65: See notes following RCW 51.04.030.
WA Rev Code § 51.36.022 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.36 - Medical Aid.|51.36.022 - Residence modification assistance—Rules—Report to legislature.

RCW 51.36.022 Residence modification assistance—Rules—Report to legislature.(1) The legislature finds that there is a need to clarify the process and standards under which the department provides residence modification assistance to workers who have sustained catastrophic injury.(2) The director shall adopt rules that take effect no later than nine months after July 24, 2005, to establish guidelines and processes for residence modification pursuant to RCW 51.36.020(7).(3) In developing rules under this section, the director shall consult with interested persons, including persons with expertise in the rehabilitation of catastrophically disabled individuals and modifications for adaptive housing.(4) These rules must address at least the following:(a) The process for a catastrophically injured worker to access the residence modification benefits provided by RCW 51.36.020; and(b) How the department may address the needs and preferences of the individual worker on a case-by-case basis taking into account information provided by the injured worker. For purposes of determining the needs and requirements of the worker under RCW 51.36.020, including whether a modification is medically necessary, the department must consider all available information regarding the medical condition and physical restrictions of the injured worker, including the opinion of the worker's attending health services provider.(5) The rules should be based upon nationally accepted guidelines and publications addressing adaptive residential housing. The department must consider the guidelines established by the United States department of veterans affairs in their publication entitled "Handbook for Design: Specially Adapted Housing," and the recommendations published in "The Accessible Housing Design File" by Barrier Free Environments, Inc.(6) In developing rules under this section, the director shall consult with other persons with an interest in improving standards for adaptive housing.(7) The director shall report by December 2007 to the appropriate committees of the legislature on the rules adopted under this section.[ 2005 c 411 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 51.36.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.36 - Medical Aid.|51.36.030 - First aid.

RCW 51.36.030 First aid.Every employer, who employs workers, shall keep as required by the department's rules a first aid kit or kits equipped as required by such rules with materials for first aid to his or her injured workers. Every employer who employs fifty or more workers, shall keep one first aid station equipped as required by the department's rules with materials for first aid to his or her injured workers, and shall cooperate with the department in training one or more employees in first aid to the injured. The maintenance of such first aid kits and stations shall be deemed to be a part of any safety and health standards established under Title 49 RCW.[ 1980 c 14 § 12. Prior: 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 58; 1977 ex.s. c 323 § 20; 1961 c 23 § 51.36.030; prior: 1959 c 256 § 4; prior: 1943 c 186 § 2, part; 1923 c 136 § 9, part; 1921 c 182 § 11, part; 1919 c 129 § 2, part; 1917 c 28 § 5, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7714, part.]NOTES:Severability—Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 323: See notes following RCW 51.04.040.
WA Rev Code § 51.36.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.36 - Medical Aid.|51.36.040 - Time and place of coverage—Lunch period.

RCW 51.36.040 Time and place of coverage—Lunch period.The benefits of Title 51 RCW shall be provided to each worker receiving an injury, as defined therein, during the course of his or her employment and also during his or her lunch period as established by the employer while on the jobsite. The jobsite shall consist of the premises as are occupied, used or contracted for by the employer for the business of work process in which the employer is then engaged: PROVIDED, That if a worker by reason of his or her employment leaves such jobsite under the direction, control or request of the employer and if such worker is injured during his or her lunch period while so away from the jobsite, the worker shall receive the benefits as provided herein: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the employer need not consider the lunch period in worker hours for the purpose of reporting to the department unless the worker is actually paid for such period of time.[ 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 59; 1961 c 107 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 51.36.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.36 - Medical Aid.|51.36.050 - Rehabilitation center—Contracts with self-insurers and others.

RCW 51.36.050 Rehabilitation center—Contracts with self-insurers and others.The department may operate and control a rehabilitation center and may contract with self-insurers, and any other persons who may be interested, for use of any such center on such terms as the director deems reasonable.[ 1979 ex.s. c 42 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 52.]NOTES:Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.