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MS Code § 71-3-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-121. Drug and alcohol testing; employer's right to demand or administer; presumptions; admissibility of results

  In the event that an employee sustains an injury at work or asserts a work-related injury, the employer shall have the right to administer drug and alcohol testing or require that the employee submit himself to drug and alcohol testing. If the employee has a positive test indicating the presence, at the time of injury, of any drug illegally used or t he use of a valid prescription medication(s) taken contrary to the prescriber's instructions and/or contrary to label warnings, or eight one-hundredths percent (.08%) or more by weight volume of alcohol in the person's blood, it shall be presumed that the proximate cause of the injury was the use of a drug illegally, or the use of a valid prescription medication(s) taken contrary to the prescriber's instructions and/or contrary to label warnings, or the intoxication due to the use of alcohol by the employee. If the employee refuses to submit himself to drug and alcohol testing immediately after the alleged work-related injury, then it shall be presumed that the employee was using a drug illegally, or was using a valid prescription medication(s) contrary to the prescriber's instructions and/or contrary to label warnings, or was intoxicated due to the use of alcohol at the time of the accident and that the proximate cause of the injury was the use of a drug illegally, or the use of a valid prescription medication(s) taken contrary to the prescriber's instructions and/or contrary to label warnings, or the intoxication due to the use of alcohol of the employee. The burden of proof will then be placed upon the employee to prove that the use of drugs illegally, or the use of a valid prescription medication(s) taken contrary to the prescriber's instructions and/or contrary to label warnings, or intoxication due to the use of alcohol was not a contributing cause of the accident in order to defeat the defense of the employer provided under Section 71-3-7.   The results of the drug and alcohol tests, employer-administered or otherwise, shall be considered admissible evidence solely on the issue of causation in the determination of the use of drugs illegally, or the use of a valid prescription medication(s) taken contrary to the prescriber's instructions and/or contrary to label warnings, or the intoxication due to the use of alcohol of an employee at the time of injury for workers' compensation purposes under Section 71-3-7.   No cause of action for defamation of character, libel, slander or damage to reputation arises in favor of any person against an employer under the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 71-3-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-123. Report of commissioner on assigned risk plan and safety programs

 The Commissioner of Insurance shall submit a report consisting of the condition of the assigned risk plan and the safety programs established by insurers in accordance with Chapter 577, Laws of 1992 to the Senate and House Insurance Committees by January 1 of each year, beginning January 1, 1993.
MS Code § 71-3-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-125. Workers' compensation claims offices; provision of same services by contract; waiver

  Each insurance carrier or commission approved self-insured employer shall maintain a workers' compensation claims office, subject to the waiver provisions herein, within the borders of the State of Mississippi beginning July 1, 1993. Alternatively, each insurance carrier or commission approved self-insured employer may provide by contract the same services within the borders of the State of Mississippi beginning July 1, 1993. This claims office shall maintain workers' compensation claims files and shall be the office responsible to the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission for the proper filing of all commission forms for the employer/insureds. This office shall be the sole contact for the commission for the administration of all claims filed within the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission. Authority to issue checks and to pay claims shall be vested in personnel located within the State of Mississippi.  The insurance carrier and self-insured employer shall notify the commission of the address of its claims office before July 1, 1992, and shall report any subsequent changes of address before the effective date of the change. After October 1, 1992, no processing or payment of workers' compensation claims shall occur outside the State of Mississippi without the specific written waiver by the commission.   Waiver requests must be submitted to the commission in writing and shall not be considered unless the applicant has exercised claims management and filing practices that illustrate proper compliance with the law and other commission regulations. Proper compliance shall be measured by the commission by continued monitoring of the timeliness of reporting by the carrier/self-insured employer and by monitoring the resolution, or lack thereof, of written complaints regarding noncompliance to all aspects of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Law and rules of the commission and orders of the administrative law judges, commission or court.   The commission shall prepare a report at least twice each year as to the filing performance, first payment performance and problems resolution of each carrier and self-insured employer during the calendar year beginning January 1, 1993, and each successive year. Carrier's and self-insured employer's performance as measured in each calendar year shall be the basis for approval or continuation of the waiver beginning on July 1 of each successive year.   Any and all waivers previously granted by the commission under prior versions of this section are subject to review under this section in effect at the time the waiver request is submitted for approval or continuation.    Any failure to comply with the provisions of Chapter 577, Laws of 1992, shall subject the carrier/self-insured employer to the sanctions of the Workers' Compensation Law.
MS Code § 71-3-127 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-127. Use of arbitrators to resolve disputes

 The Workers' Compensation Commission may utilize one or more arbitrators to resolve disputes under such procedures as prescribed by the commission in its uniform procedure rules.
MS Code § 71-3-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-151. Title

 Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181 shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-insurer Guaranty Association Law."
MS Code § 71-3-153 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-153. Purpose and application

 The purpose of Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181 is to provide a mechanism for the payment of the covered claims under the Workers' Compensation Law, to avoid excessive delay in payment and to avoid financial loss to claimants because of the insolvency of a self-insurer, to assist in the detection and prevention of self-insurer insolvencies, and to provide associations to assess the cost of such protection among self-insurers.   Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181 shall apply to all employers who are self-insurers under the provisions of Section 71-3-75, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 71-3-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-155. Workers' compensation self-insurer guaranty association law to be liberally construed

 Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181 shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose under Section 71-3-153, which shall constitute an aid and guide to interpretation.
MS Code § 71-3-157 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-157. Definitions

 For the purposes of Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:   "Individual association" means the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Individual Self-insurer Guaranty Association created under Section 71-3-159.   "Group association" means the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Group Self-insurer Guaranty Association created under Section 71-3-159.   "Commission" means the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission.   "Compensation" means amounts payable to claimants under the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Law as defined in Section 71-3-3(j), Mississippi Code of 1972.   "Covered claim" means an unpaid claim upon which compensation or medical is payable by an individual self-insurer or a group self-insurer under the Workers' Compensation Law.   "Self-insurer in default" means an individual self-insurer or a group self-insurer as defined by this chapter that has defaulted or failed for any reason to satisfy any of its obligations under the Workers' Compensation Law, including, without limitation, all obligations for payment of indemnity compensation, disability, expenses of medical, hospital, surgical, rehabilitation and other services, death benefits and funeral expenses, whether such default or failure is the result of insolvency or bankruptcy or receivership or otherwise.   "Member self-insurer" means a self-insurer as defined by this chapter who is a member of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Individual Self-insurer Guaranty Association or the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Group Self-insurer Guaranty Association.   "Individual self-insurer" is an employer who has been authorized under Section 71-3-75(2), Mississippi Code of 1972, to insure under the Workers' Compensation Law.   "Group self-insurer" is a group of employers who have been authorized under Section 71-3-75(3), Mississippi Code of 1972, to insure under the Workers' Compensation Law.   "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association or voluntary organization.
MS Code § 71-3-159 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-159. Workers' Compensation Individual Self-insurer Guaranty Association and Workers' Compensation Group Self-insurer Guaranty Association

 The Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-insurer Guaranty Association created under this chapter shall be renamed as the "Mississippi Workers' Compensation Individual Self-insurer Guaranty Association" and there is created a separate nonprofit unincorporated legal entity to be known as the "Mississippi Workers' Compensation Group Self-insurer Guaranty Association." All individual self-insurers shall be and remain members of the individual association and all group self-insurers shall be and remain members of the group association as a condition of their authority under Section 71-3-75, Mississippi Code of 1972. These associations shall perform their functions under plan s of operation established and approved under Section 71-3-165 and shall exercise their powers through boards of directors established under Section 71-3-161. However, any individual or group self-insurer composed of the state, or any agency thereof, or county or municipal governments shall not be required to be members of the individual association or the group association.
MS Code § 71-3-161 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-161. Board of directors of associations

  The boards of directors of the individual association and the group association shall each consist of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) persons, serving terms as established in their plans of operation. The members of each of the boards shall be selected by their respective member self-insurers, subject to the approval of the commission. Vacancies of the boards shall be filled for the remaining period of the term in the same manner as initial appointments.   In approving selections to the boards, the commission shall consider, among other things, whether all member self-insurers of their respective association are fairly represented.   Subject to board approval, members of the boards may be reimbursed from the assets of their respective associations for expenses, including, but not limited to, attorney fees, incurred by them as members of the boards of directors.
MS Code § 71-3-165 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-165. Plan of operation of associations

  Each association shall submit to the commission a plan of operation and any amendments thereto necessary or suitable to assure the fair, reasonable and equitable administration of the association. The plan of operation and any amendments thereto shall become effective upon approval in writing by the commission.   If at any time an association fails to submit suitable amendments to its plan, the commission shall, after notice and hearings, adopt and promulgate such reasonable rules as are necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions of Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181. Such rules shall continue in force until modified by the commission or superseded by a plan submitted by the noncomplying association and approved by the commission.   All member self-insurers shall comply with the plan of operation of the association to which they belong. The plan of operation of each association shall:   Establish the procedures whereby all the powers and duties of the association under Section 71-3-163 will be performed.   Establish procedures for handling assets of the association.   Establish the amount and method of reimbursing members of the board of directors under Section 71-3-161.   Establish procedures by which claims may be filed with the association, and establish acceptable forms of proof of covered claims.   Establish regular places and times for meetings of the board of directors.   Establish procedures for records to be kept of all financial transactions of the association, its agents and the board of directors.   Provide that any individual self-insurer or group self-insurer aggrieved by any final action or decision of the association to which it belongs may appeal to the commission within thirty (30) days after the action or decision.   Establish the procedures whereby selections for the board of directors will be submitted to the commission.   Contain additional provisions necessary or proper for the execution of the powers and duties of the association.     The plan of operation of each association may provide that any or all powers and duties of the association, except those under Section 71-3-163(1)(c) and Section 71-3-174, are delegated to a corporation, association or other organization which performs or will perform functions similar to those of the association. Such a corporation, association or organization shall be reimbursed as a servicing facility would be reimbursed, and shall be paid for its performance of any other functions of the association. A delegation under this subsection shall take effect only with the approval of both the board of directors of the association and the commission, and may be made only to a corporation, association or organization which extends protection not substantially less favorable and effective than that provided by Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181.
MS Code § 71-3-167 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-167. Duties and powers of the commission

  The commission shall:   Upon the request of an association or of any other party or without any request on its own motion, enter any appropriate order finding a member self-insurer to be in default and to determine the date of such default and promptly notify the association to which such member self-insurer belongs of the existence of such default and the date of such default.   Upon request of the board of directors of an association, provide such association with a statement of compensation payments of each member self-insurer of such association.     The commission may:   Require that the group association notify the member self-insurers of any group self-insurer in default and any other interested parties of the default. Such notification shall be by mail at their last known address, where available, but if sufficient information for notification by mail is not available, notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation shall be sufficient.   Suspend or revoke, after notice and hearing, the authority to self-insure granted under Section 71-3-75, Mississippi Code of 1972, of any member self-insurer who fails to pay an assessment when due, or fails to comply with the plan of operation of the association to which it belongs. As an alternative, the commission may levy a fine on any member self-insurer who fails to pay an assessment when due or fails to comply with the plan of operation. Such fine shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the unpaid assessment per month, except that no fine shall be less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month.   Revoke the designation of any servicing facility if it finds claims are being handled unsatisfactorily.     Any final action or order of the commission under Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181 shall be subject to judicial review in a court of competent jurisdiction.
MS Code § 71-3-169 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-169. Assignment of rights under workers' compensation law to association; claims by association against insolvent self-insurer

  Any person recovering from an association under Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181 shall be deemed to have assigned his rights under the Workers' Compensation Law to such association to the extent of his recovery from such association. Any claimant seeking the protection of Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181 shall cooperate with the association against which claim is made to the same extent as such person would have been required to cooperate with the member self-insurer in default. Such association shall have no cause of action under the Workers' Compensation Law against the claimant of the member self-insurer in default for any sums it has paid out except such causes of action as such member self-insurer in default would have had if such sums had been paid by such member self-insurer in default.   An association may recover from the self-insurer in default and from a group self-insurer in default all amounts paid by such association on account of covered claims of employees of the member self-insurer in default and any group self-insurer in default to which such member self-insurer in default belongs, as well as all expenses incurred by such association in evaluating, adjusting, defending or settling covered claims of such employees. It shall be presumed that all amounts paid by such association under this section are reasonable, necessary and otherwise in compliance with this chapter. There shall be added to any recovery under this section expenses of litigation of such association in obtaining such recovery, interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum commencing on the date of such default and a ten percent (10%) penalty.
MS Code § 71-3-174 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-174. Special assessment plans where association assumes obligations of individual or group self-insurer exceeding the assets of such association

 If an association assumes any obligations of an individual self-insurer or group self-insurer under this chapter, and payments of such obligations exceed the assets of such association, such association shall within not less than sixty (60) days thereafter submit for approval by the commission a plan for special assessment of each individual self-insurer and group self-insurer who may be responsible for payment of such obligations in excess of the assets of such association. Such plan for special assessment shall also include the expenses of such association related to the processing of obligations covered by the special assessment plan. Failure to comply with a commission-approved special assessment plan of an association shall create a cause of action in favor of such association against any noncompliant member self-insurer and any noncompliant group self-insurer for recovery of payments and expenses by such association for which the noncompliant member self-insurer or noncompliant group self-insurer should have been obligated. It shall be presumed that all obligations paid by an association pursuant to a commission-approved special assessment plan, including, but not limited to, expenses associated with processing such obligations, are reasonable, necessary and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. There shall be added to any recovery under this section expenses of litigation of such association related to such cause of action, interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum beginning on the date of such noncompliance and a ten percent (10%) penalty.
MS Code § 71-3-175 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-175. Association subject to examination; annual financial report

 The individual association and group association shall be subject to examination and regulation by the commission. The board of directors of each association shall submit, not later than March 30 of each year, a financial report for the preceding calendar year in a form approved by the commission. The commission shall furnish the board of directors of an association any records of the commission which would aid in the preparation of this financial report.
MS Code § 71-3-177 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law|§ 71-3-177. Association exempt from fees and taxes

 The individual association and group association shall be exempt from payment of all fees and all taxes levied by this state or any of its subdivisions except taxes levied on real or personal property.