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MI Comp L § 418.531 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.531 - Disability or Death From Silicosis, Dust Disease, Employment in Logging Industry, or Exposure to Polybrominated Biphenyl; Reimbursement of Carrier; Limitation; Right of Funds to Commence Action and Obtain Recovery.

418.531 Disability or death from silicosis, dust disease, employment in logging industry, or exposure to polybrominated biphenyl; reimbursement of carrier; limitation; right of funds to commence action and obtain recovery. Sec. 531.  (1) In each case in which a carrier including a self-insurer has paid, or causes to be paid, compensation for disability or death from silicosis or other dust disease, or for disability or death arising out of and in the course of employment in the logging industry, to the employee, the carrier including a self-insurer shall be reimbursed from the silicosis, dust disease, and logging industry compensation fund for all sums paid in excess of $12,500.00 for personal injury dates before July 1, 1985, and for all compensation paid in excess of $25,000.00 or 104 weeks of weekly compensation, whichever is greater, for personal injury dates after June 30, 1985, excluding payments made pursuant to sections 315, 319, 345, and 801(2), (5), and (6) which have been paid by the carrier including a self-insurer as a portion of its liability.  (2) A benefit paid as a result of disability or death caused, contributed to, or aggravated, by previous exposure to polybrominated biphenyl shall entitle a carrier including a self-insurer to reimbursement from the silicosis, dust disease, and logging industry compensation fund pursuant to this act, if the exposure occurred before July 24, 1979, and arose out of and in the course of employment by an employer located in this state engaged in the manufacture of polybrominated biphenyl. To be reimbursable, the disability or death shall have occurred or become known after July 24, 1979.  (3) All of the funds under this chapter shall have a right to commence an action and obtain recovery under section 827. History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 62, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1979 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1982 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 98, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1984 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 97, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1994 Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.532 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.532 - Repealed. 1996, Act 357, Eff. June 1, 2000.

418.532 Repealed. 1996, Act 357, Eff. June 1, 2000. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to rights and liabilities of uninsured employer.Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.535 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.535 - Disability Caused by Combination of Causes; Apportionment; Reimbursement of Employer.

418.535 Disability caused by combination of causes; apportionment; reimbursement of employer. Sec. 535.  If an employee's disability is caused by a combination of silicosis or other dust disease, or arose in the course of employment in the logging industry, and other compensable causes, a worker's compensation magistrate shall apportion the amount of disability between that due to silicosis or other dust disease, or to employment in the logging industry, and other compensable causes. The trustees of the silicosis, dust disease, and logging industry compensation fund shall reimburse the employer liable for compensation for that portion of compensation paid in excess of $12,500.00 for personal injury dates before July 1, 1985, and for all compensation paid in excess of $25,000.00 or 104 weeks of weekly compensation, whichever is greater, for personal injury dates after June 30, 1985, that the silicosis or other dust disease disability, or disability arising out of and in the course of employment in the logging industry, bears to the total disability. History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 99, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1984 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 103, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1985 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 271, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1994 Compiler's Notes: For legislative intent as to severability, see Compiler's note to MCL 418.213.Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.538 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.538 - Claims Authorized Under MCL 418.501a; Payment.

418.538 Claims authorized under MCL 418.501a; payment.Sec. 538.  The trustees may authorize payments from the private employer group self-insurers security fund for claims authorized under section 501a. A claim may be made against the PEGSISF by request through the funds administrator or by filing a petition for hearing with the agency. History: Add. 2014, Act 230, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2014 Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.541 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.541 - Payments From Funds; Notice of Claim for Reimbursement; Agreements; Rights of Fund as Employer or Carrier.

418.541 Payments from funds; notice of claim for reimbursement; agreements; rights of fund as employer or carrier.Sec. 541.  (1) All payments from the funds shall be determined by the trustees and made upon an order signed by a trustee. If a dispute arises between the trustees and a carrier as to any determination by the trustees or the obligation of any carrier to make payments on behalf of the second injury fund, the dispute shall be considered a controversy concerning compensation and shall be determined in accordance with this act.  (2) In all cases in which the carrier is entitled to reimbursement, notice of claim for reimbursement shall be filed with the trustees within 1 year from the date on which the right to reimbursement first accrues. After the carrier has established a right to reimbursement, payment shall be made promptly on a proper showing periodically every 6 months.  (3) The trustees may enter into agreements with carriers whereby the payment of benefits to persons permanently and totally disabled, which payments heretofore have been made directly from the second injury fund, may be made by carriers who are paying worker's compensation benefits to those persons, and the carriers shall be reimbursed periodically at 6-month intervals from the fund for those payments.  (4) A fund under this chapter has the same rights under this act as an employer or carrier. History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 239, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2014 Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.545 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.545 - Compromising Liability of Silicosis, Dust Disease, and Logging Industry Compensation Fund; Redemption of Liability.

418.545 Compromising liability of silicosis, dust disease, and logging industry compensation fund; redemption of liability. Sec. 545.  The trustees may compromise the liability of the silicosis, dust disease, and logging industry compensation fund by entering into a redemption of liability directly with the employee if, in the judgment of the trustees, it is in the employee's best interest to do so. Redemption of liability shall terminate the liability of the fund. A redemption of liability by a carrier including a self-insurer in which the fund is not a party for compensation paid for disability or death from silicosis or other dust disease or for disability or death arising out of and in the course of employment in the logging industry, made with the employee before the actual payment by the carrier including a self-insurer of $12,500.00 in compensation benefits for personal injury dates before July 1, 1985, or before the actual payment by the carrier of $25,000.00 or 104 weeks of benefits, whichever is greater, for personal injury dates after June 30, 1985, shall eliminate the liability of the silicosis, dust disease, and logging industry compensation fund. History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 97, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1984 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 357, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996 Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.552 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.552 - Insufficiency of Funds; Borrowing; Repayment; Restriction; Special Assessment.

418.552 Insufficiency of funds; borrowing; repayment; restriction; special assessment. Sec. 552.  (1) If, before the end of any calendar year, the annual assessments, after having been substantially collected, have not provided funds sufficient to either the second injury fund or the silicosis, dust disease, and logging industry compensation fund to meet the known obligations of those funds as they mature before the next available assessment date, the trustees, if the trustees find it to be reasonably required, may borrow on behalf of 1 fund from the other fund a sum or sums as may be required.  (2) Any sum or sums borrowed on behalf of 1 fund from the other fund shall be included in the next assessment of the borrowing fund and shall be repaid after the assessment has been substantially collected and the fund from which the sum or sums were borrowed during the period before repayment shall record the sum or sums as an asset.  (3) The trustees shall not borrow in the manner described in this section if it would impair the ability of either fund to meet its known obligations as the obligations mature before the next available assessment date.  (4) If the trustees find that it is reasonably required that they borrow on behalf of 1 fund from the other, but that the borrowing will impair the ability of the fund to meet the fund's known obligations as the obligations mature before the next assessment date, then, and in that event only, the trustees may order the director to levy a special assessment on each carrier in a sum sufficient to permit the fund making the assessment to meet the fund's known obligations as the obligations mature before the next available assessment date. The assessment shall be levied on each carrier in the same proportion as used in the preceding annual assessment. Payment of the special assessment shall be paid by each carrier within 45 days after the date of the mailing of the notice of special assessment. History: Add. 1970, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1970 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1982 Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.552a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.552a - Expired. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

418.552a Expired. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Compiler's Notes: The expired section pertained to employers required to participate in safety education and training programs or to utilize department of labor services.Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.552b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.552b - Silicosis, Dust Disease, and Logging Industry Compensation Fund; Review; Report.

418.552b Silicosis, dust disease, and logging industry compensation fund; review; report. Sec. 552b.  The silicosis, dust disease, and logging industry compensation fund created in section 501 shall be reviewed by the department of labor and reported upon to the legislature not later than January 1, 1985. History: Add. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982 Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.553 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.553 - Self-Insurers' Security Fund or Private Employer Group Self-Insurers Security Fund; Subrogation.

418.553 Self-insurers' security fund or private employer group self-insurers security fund; subrogation.Sec. 553.  The self-insurers' security fund or the private employer group self-insurers security fund, after paying an injured employee, shall have all the rights of the injured employee as a creditor of the insolvent employer to the extent of benefits it paid. The trustees of the fund shall have the right and obligation to obtain reimbursement to the fund from an insolvent employer for any funds paid out as benefits to the employees of the insolvent employer, including expenses pertinent to payments or recovery thereof. History: Add. 1971, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 16, 1971 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 234, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2014 Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.555 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.555 - Reimbursement Provisions; Delinquent Carriers.

418.555 Reimbursement provisions; delinquent carriers.Sec. 555.  The reimbursement provisions of this chapter are not available to any carrier currently delinquent in paying any assessment authorized in this chapter. History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2014 Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.561 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-5 - Chapter 5 Funds (418.501...418.561)|Section 418.561 - Application for Self-Insurance; Agreement as to Insolvency.

418.561 Application for self-insurance; agreement as to insolvency.Sec. 561.  The application for self-insurance by a private employer shall contain an agreement that in case of insolvency the employer shall make its records available to an agent of the self-insurers' security fund or the private employer group self-insurers security fund, as applicable, to help defend the fund and shall disclose the employer's inability to pay the injured employee. History: Add. 1971, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 16, 1971 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 235, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2014 Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.601 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-6 - Chapter 6 Security for Compensation (418.601...418.659)|Section 418.601 - Definitions.

418.601 Definitions. Sec. 601.  Whenever used in this act:  (a) "Insurer" means an organization that transacts the business of worker's compensation insurance within this state.  (b) "Self-insurer" means either of the following:  (i) An individual employer authorized to carry its own risk.  (ii) A group of employers who pool their liabilities under this act as a group fund in the manner provided in section 611.  (c) "Carrier" means a self-insurer or an insurer. History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1992 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 198, Eff. Dec. 28, 1994 Compiler's Notes: Section 3 of Act 198 of 1993 provides as follows:“Section 3. (1)Except as provided in subsection (2), this amendatory act shall not take effect unless the state administrative board certifies in writing to the secretary of state by December 31, 1994 that an agreement for the transfer of all or substantially all of the assets and the assumption of all or substantially all of the liabilities of the state accident fund has been consummated with a permitted transferee pursuant to the requirements of section 701a of the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1969, being section 418.701a of the Michigan Compiled Laws, as added by this amendatory act.“(2) Sections 700 and 701a as added by this amendatory act shall take effect upon the date of enactment of this amendatory act.”Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.613 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-6 - Chapter 6 Security for Compensation (418.601...418.659)|Section 418.613 - Misclassification of Services; Penalties or Interest.

418.613 Misclassification of services; penalties or interest.Sec. 613.  If the agency determines that services are covered employment under section 161(1)(n) and the agency received the request on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection and before January 1, 2013, the employer shall not be subject to penalties or interest on underpayments or other violations before the date of the determination arising from the misclassification of those services. History: Add. 2011, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 2 of Act 266 of 2011 provides:"Enacting section 2. This amendatory act applies to injuries incurred on or after its effective date."In this section, the word “subsection” evidently should read “section.”Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.615 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-6 - Chapter 6 Security for Compensation (418.601...418.659)|Section 418.615 - Report by Employer Not Self-Insurer; Failure to File.

418.615 Report by employer not self-insurer; failure to file. Sec. 615.  Upon written request of the director, every employer who has not been exempted by the director from insuring his compensation risk shall report to him in writing the number of employees, the nature of their work, the name of the insurer with whom he has insured his liability under this act and the number and date of expiration of such policy. Failure to furnish the report within 10 days from the making of a request by registered mail constitutes presumptive evidence that the delinquent employer is violating the provisions of section 611. History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.625 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-6 - Chapter 6 Security for Compensation (418.601...418.659)|Section 418.625 - Insurance Policy's Notice of Issuance; Contents; Refusal to Accept Coverage.

418.625 Insurance policy's notice of issuance; contents; refusal to accept coverage.Sec. 625.  Each insurer mentioned in section 611 issuing an insurance policy covering worker's compensation in this state shall file with the director, within 30 days after the effective date of the policy, a notice of the issuance of the policy and its effective date. A notice of issuance of insurance, a notice of termination of insurance, or a notice of employer name change may be submitted in writing or by using agency-approved electronic filing and transaction standards and may be submitted by the insurer directly or by the compensation advisory organization of Michigan on behalf of the insurer. Payment shall not be required by the agency or any third party for the use of agency-approved electronic record layout and transaction standards under this act. Time requirements for notices under this act apply whether filed by the insurer or the compensation advisory organization of Michigan. If the policy covers persons who would otherwise be exempted from this act by section 115, the notice shall contain a specific statement to that effect. A notice is not required of any insurer if the policy issued is a renewal of the preceding policy. The insurer, if it refuses to accept any coverage under this act, shall do so in writing. History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 117, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 271, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1996 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 626, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 2012 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 2 of Act 266 of 2011 provides:"Enacting section 2. This amendatory act applies to injuries incurred on or after its effective date."Popular Name: Act 317
MI Comp L § 418.631 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 418 - Worker's Disability Compensation|Act 317 of 1969 - Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (418.101 - 418.941)|317-1969-6 - Chapter 6 Security for Compensation (418.601...418.659)|Section 418.631 - Claim Payments; Filing Reports.

418.631 Claim payments; filing reports. Sec. 631.  (1) If any insurer licensed to transact the business of workmen's compensation insurance within this state repeatedly or unreasonably fails to pay promptly claims for compensation for which it shall become liable or if it repeatedly fails to make reports to the director as provided in this act, the director may recommend to the commissioner of insurance that the license of the company be revoked, setting forth in detail the reasons for his recommendation. The commissioner shall thereupon furnish a copy of the report to the insurer and shall set a date for a hearing, at which both the insurer and the director shall be afforded an opportunity to present evidence. If after the hearing the commissioner is satisfied that the insurer has failed to live up to all of its obligations under this act, he shall promptly revoke its license otherwise he shall dismiss the complaint.  (2) If any employer who is subject to this act as an approved self-insurer repeatedly or unreasonably fails to pay promptly claims for compensation for which it shall become liable or if it repeatedly fails to make reports to the director as provided in this act, the director may revoke the privilege granted to the employer to carry its own risk and require it to insure its liability. Such action shall not be taken by the director against any employer until the employer has been notified in writing of the charges made against it by the director and has been given an opportunity to be heard before the director in answer to the charges. History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 Popular Name: Act 317