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RI Gen L § 28-31-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-1.1 - Employees of the city of Providence covered.

§ 28-31-1.1. Employees of the city of Providence covered.(a) The city of Providence shall be subject to and accept the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title and shall be governed by the provisions in these chapters; provided, that this section is not subject to §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10.(b) The city of Providence may elect to provide its employees benefits in addition to those required under this section.(c) Any provision of a charter, or of any provision of the general or public laws inconsistent with this section, is repealed.(d) This section applies to all claims of injuries occurring on or after this section becomes effective for the individual city or town.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 277, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-31-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-2 - Notices given to state or municipality as employer.

§ 28-31-2. Notices given to state or municipality as employer.All notices required to be given by an employee to an employer under the provisions of §§ 28-29-17 — 28-29-19 and of §§ 28-33-30 — 28-33-32, and all other notices required to be given to an employer by an employee under chapters 29 — 38 of this title, if the employer is the state, shall be given to the department of administration, and if the employer is a city or town shall be filed with and given to the treasurer of that city or town.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art 7, § 2; P.L. 1917, ch. 1534, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 7, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 2; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-2; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 15.
RI Gen L § 28-31-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-3 - Medical treatment provided by state or municipality as employer.

§ 28-31-3. Medical treatment provided by state or municipality as employer.The medical treatment required to be rendered by an employer to an injured employee under the provisions of § 28-33-5, if the employer is the state, shall be rendered under the direction of a physician appointed for that purpose by the director of the department of administration. If the employer is a town or city, the medical treatment shall be rendered by a physician appointed for that purpose by the town council of the town or the city council of the city; provided, that in an emergency it shall be the duty of the division, department, officer, or other person having direct charge of an injured employee to see that treatment is promptly provided for the aid of that employee until the physician appointed as provided in this section has notice and can take charge of the case. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit an employee from selecting the physician by whom, or the hospital in which, the employee desires to be treated as provided in § 28-33-8. All expenses incurred under this section, not exceeding the sum required by law to be expended therefor, shall in the case of the state be certified to the state controller by the department of administration, and in the case of a city or town to the treasurer thereof by the physician appointed as provided in this section, and those expenses shall be paid as is provided for other payments required to be made by the state, a city, or town under chapters 29 — 38 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 7, § 2; P.L. 1917, ch. 1534, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 7, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-3; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 15.
RI Gen L § 28-31-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-4 - Settlement of claims.

§ 28-31-4. Settlement of claims.(a) The department of administration shall have full authority and power to settle any claims which an employee may have against the state under chapters 29 — 38 of this title.(b) When any town or city accepts the provisions of those chapters, the town council of that town and the city council of that city shall appoint some person or persons not exceeding three (3) in number who shall have authority and power to settle any claim which an employee may have against that town or city under those chapters; names of the persons so appointed shall be recorded in the office of the town clerk or city clerk, as the case may be, and that appointment shall continue in force until revoked by vote of the body by whom the appointments are made.(c) All payments made by the department of administration shall be certified to the state controller, and all payments made by the persons appointed under this section to act for any town or city shall be certified to the treasurer of that town or city.(d) Every payment made in behalf of the state or of a town or city is subject to the provisions of §§ 28-35-1 — 28-35-12 and §§ 28-35-14 — 28-35-63.(e) The statute of limitations shall be tolled while payments are made pursuant to this section.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 7, § 4; P.L. 1917, ch. 1534, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 7, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 4; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-4; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 15; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-31-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-5 - Payment of benefits for state employees.

§ 28-31-5. Payment of benefits for state employees.(a) The expenses incurred for and in behalf of the state under the provisions of §§ 28-31-3, 28-33-5, 28-33-12, 28-33-16, 28-33-17, 28-33-18, 28-33-19, 28-33-34, 28-33-35, 28-33-36, 28-33-37, and 28-33-39 and for benefits similar to the benefits provided for employees of employers other than the state under the provisions of § 28-37-8 as determined by a prior agreement or settled as provided by § 28-31-4 or by the department's preliminary determination or decree of the workers' compensation court, shall be paid out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated and the state controller shall draw his or her order or orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the claim in accordance with the provisions of the agreement, preliminary determination, or decree upon receipt by the controller of a copy of the agreement or preliminary determination certified by the director or of a copy of the decree certified by the administrator of the workers' compensation court.(b) Payments for continuing total incapacity until the employee's total incapacity has ended or until his or her death similar to the payments which are provided for employees of employers other than the state by § 28-37-8 shall in the case of an employee of the state be paid out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated.(c) Benefits similar to the provisions of § 28-37-8 shall be paid to employees of the state whose final payment attaining the maximum limit for compensation for total incapacity as provided by § 28-33-17 is paid subsequent to January 1, 1969 and who continue to be totally incapacitated for work due to an injury sustained while employed by the state.(d) The provisions of this section are subject to the provisions of § 28-33-18.2.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 7, § 5; P.L. 1917, ch. 1534, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 7, § 5; P.L. 1929, ch. 1397, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 5; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-5; P.L. 1969, ch. 109, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 15; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-31-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-6 - Payment of benefits for municipal employees - Action for collection.

§ 28-31-6. Payment of benefits for municipal employees — Action for collection.(a) (1) The expenses incurred for and in behalf of any town or city under the provisions of §§ 28-31-3 and 28-33-5 — 28-33-11, and the amount of compensation due an employee of a town or city as determined by an agreement with or paid by that town or city, or by the department's preliminary determination or decree of the workers' compensation court, shall be paid by the treasurer of that town or city out of any money of the town or city in its hands.(2) The payment shall be made by the treasurer upon receipt by him or her of a certificate of those expenses satisfactory to him or her, or of a certified copy of the agreement, preliminary determination, or decree under which the compensation is to be paid; provided, that he or she shall not make any payment until the payment has been approved by the auditor of the city or town if there is any such officer, and if there is not any such officer, then payment shall first be approved by the mayor of the city or the president of the town council of the town.(3) If more than one payment of money is made or required by any agreement, preliminary determination, or decree, the payments shall be made in the manner provided in this section as they become due.(4) If any expenses or compensation required to be paid by a town or city under the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title or any installment of them is not paid within twenty (20) days after the certificate or certified copy is filed with the treasurer of the town or city, the expenses or compensation may be collected in the manner in which a judgment against a town or city may be collected under the provisions of §§ 45-15-5 — 45-15-7.(b) The provisions of this section are subject to the provisions of § 28-33-18.2.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 7, § 6; P.L. 1917, ch. 1534, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 7, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 6; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-6; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-31-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-7 - Proceedings involving state or municipality.

§ 28-31-7. Proceedings involving state or municipality.Legal proceedings under chapters 29 — 38 of this title between the state, a city, or town as an employer and any employee of them shall be brought in the same manner and with the same force and effect as is prescribed herein for any other employer and employee; provided, that if the state is a party to any proceedings, the proceedings shall be brought for and in behalf of the state in the name of and by or against the department of administration, and service shall be made on the administrator of the division of state employees for workers' compensation, and if a town or city is a party to any proceedings, the proceedings shall be brought for and in behalf of that town or city in the name of and by or against the treasurer of that town or city, and service shall be made on that treasurer. The department of administration may appear on behalf of the state or engage legal counsel to appear for and represent the state in any proceedings in which the state is a party. The provisions of any other law relating to the filing of claims or demands against a town or a city shall not apply to claims of compensation or legal proceedings arising under chapters 29 — 38 of this title to which a town or city is a party.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 7, § 7; P.L. 1917, ch. 1534, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 7, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 7; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-7; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 15; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 22; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-31-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-8 - Insurance requirement inapplicable.

§ 28-31-8. Insurance requirement inapplicable.The provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title requiring employers to insure against liability to pay compensation arising under the provisions of those chapters shall not apply to the state or any city or town in the state, and the state or any city or town may separately insure against or contract for the provision of any portion of its obligations or liabilities arising under chapters 29 — 38 of this title with parties licensed or qualified to do business in this state. Any party providing, underwriting, or administering the provision of any portion of the obligations or liabilities shall not thereby incur any liabilities or obligations under chapters 29 — 38 of this title beyond those specified by its contract with the state, city, or town, and the party shall not thereby become subject to the regulation and the generally applicable liabilities and obligations of workers' compensation insurers. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 45-5-20.1 or any other general law, the state, the city of Providence, and any town, city, or regional school district which has accepted the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title pursuant to § 28-31-1 shall be subject to the annual assessment payment to the workers' compensation administrative fund established by § 28-37-1.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 7, § 8; P.L. 1917, ch. 1534, § 6; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 7, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 8; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-8; P.L. 1991, ch. 206, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 430, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-31-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-9 - Application to national and state guard members.

§ 28-31-9. Application to national and state guard members.Members of the national guard and Rhode Island state guard injured in the performance of required, authorized, or permitted duty shall be deemed to be employees of the state, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of chapters 29 — 38 of this title in accordance with the limitations, requirements, and restrictions of those chapters, provided that the duty is state active duty pursuant to § 30-2-6. Personnel performing duty in any other status shall not be deemed to be employees of the state.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 7, § 10; 1934, ch. 2123, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 10; P.L. 1941, ch. 1060, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-9; P.L. 1992, ch. 54, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-31-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-10 - Computation of earnings of guard members.

§ 28-31-10. Computation of earnings of guard members.In ascertaining the average weekly wages, earnings or salary of an injured member of the national guard or the Rhode Island state guard, § 28-33-20 will be followed and for the purpose of that ascertainment, it will be assumed that the injury occurred in the civilian employment of the injured member of the national guard and Rhode Island state guard.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 7, § 10; P.L. 1934, ch. 2123, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 10; P.L. 1941, ch. 1060, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-10.
RI Gen L § 28-31-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-11 - Effect of federal benefits to guard members.

§ 28-31-11. Effect of federal benefits to guard members.Where an injured member of the national guard or the Rhode Island state guard receives pay, subsistence, hospitalization, or other benefits from the United States as the result of an injury, those payments shall not affect his or her right to receive compensation under chapters 29 — 38 of this title. When the payments received from the United States are less than he or she would have been entitled to receive under those chapters, then he or she is entitled to receive all the benefits to which he or she would have been entitled under those chapters less the benefits actually received from the United States.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 7, § 10; P.L. 1934, ch. 2123, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 10; P.L. 1941, ch. 1060, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-11.
RI Gen L § 28-31-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-12 - Application to disaster response workers.

§ 28-31-12. Application to disaster response workers.All members of disaster response forces who are killed or sustain disability or injury while in training for or on disaster response duty shall be construed to be employees of the state and compensated in like manner as state employees are compensated under the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title. All claims shall be filed, prosecuted and determined in accordance with the procedure set forth in chapters 29 — 38 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938,, ch. 300, art. 7, § 11; P.L. 1952, ch. 2972, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-12; P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 11.
RI Gen L § 28-31-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-13 - Computation of wages of disaster response worker.

§ 28-31-13. Computation of wages of disaster response worker.If the hourly wages cannot be ascertained, or if no pay has been designated for the required work, the wage for the purpose of calculating compensation under § 28-31-12 shall be taken to be a sum sufficient to guarantee the minimum payments under chapters 29 — 38 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 11; P.L. 1952, ch. 2972, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-13.
RI Gen L § 28-31-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-14 - Effect of federal benefits to disaster response workers.

§ 28-31-14. Effect of federal benefits to disaster response workers.Any sums payable under any act of congress or other federal program as compensation for death, disability, or injury of disaster response workers shall be considered in connection with the determination and settlement of any claim brought under the provisions of §§ 28-31-12 and 28-31-13. When the payments received from the United States are less than an injured member would have been entitled to receive under §§ 28-31-12 — 28-31-14, then the worker shall be entitled to receive all the benefits to which he or she would have been entitled under those sections less the benefits actually received from the United States.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 11; P.L. 1952, ch. 2972, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-14.
RI Gen L § 28-31-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31 - Workers' Compensation - State and Municipal Employees|Section 28-31-15 - Transfer of functions from the department of labor and training.

§ 28-31-15. Transfer of functions from the department of labor and training.There are transferred to the department of administration those functions, powers, duties, and necessary resources relating to claims of state employees which relate to workers' compensation formerly vested in the department of labor and training.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 16; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-31.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31.1 - State Employees' Compensation Fund|Section 28-31.1-1 - Fund established.

§ 28-31.1-1. Fund established.(a) There is established in the department of administration of the state of Rhode Island a special account to be known as the state employees' compensation fund, an account within the general fund. The account, referred to as the "state employees' compensation fund," shall consist of payments made to it as subsequently provided, or penalties paid pursuant to this chapter, and of all other money paid into and received by the fund, or property and securities acquired by and through the use of money belonging to the fund, and of interest earned upon the money belonging to the fund. All money in the fund shall be mingled and undivided. The fund shall be administered by the director of administration or the director's designee.(b) The fund shall be used for the settlement of claims pursuant to § 28-31-4.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 101, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 401, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-31.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31.1 - State Employees' Compensation Fund|Section 28-31.1-2 - Parties to appeals involving fund.

§ 28-31.1-2. Parties to appeals involving fund.(a) In any appeal taken under chapters 29 — 38 of this title which involves the state employees' compensation fund, the director shall be a necessary party.(b) In every case where payments are ordered made from the state employees' compensation fund, the director shall receive a notice of the order and he or she shall have the right to claim an appeal from the order, if, in his or her opinion, the director believes that the decision is not proper or that the fund is in danger of unwarranted depletion.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 101, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 401, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-31.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-31.1 - State Employees' Compensation Fund|Section 28-31.1-3 - Payments into fund by agencies.

§ 28-31.1-3. Payments into fund by agencies.For the purposes of administering §§ 28-31-4 and 28-31.1-1(b), each state agency shall annually make payments to the state employees' compensation fund as determined by the department of administration.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 101, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 401, § 4.