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MO Rev Stat § 287.126 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.126 - Toll-free telephone number for workers' compensation information, division to establish.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   287.126. Toll-free telephone number for workers' compensation information, division to establish. — The division of workers' compensation shall establish a toll-free number for employees injured on the job to provide information regarding employees' rights, obligations and benefits under the Missouri workers' compensation law. Such number shall be accessible during normal business hours and shall be answered by personnel of the division of workers' compensation adequately trained to respond to such inquiries. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 975)
MO Rev Stat § 287.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.130 - Employer's liability joint and several — contribution allowable.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   287.130. Employer's liability joint and several — contribution allowable. — If the injury or death occurs while the employee is in the joint service of two or more employers, their liability shall be joint and several, and the employee may hold any or all of such employers. As between themselves such employers shall have contribution from each other in the proportion of their several liability for the wages of such employee but nothing in this chapter shall prevent such employers from making a different distribution of their proportionate contributions as between themselves. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3697)  Prior revision: 1929 § 3307
MO Rev Stat § 287.143 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.143 - Vocational rehabilitation services, not mandatory — testing and assessment.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   287.143. Vocational rehabilitation services, not mandatory — testing and assessment. — As a guide to the interpretation and application of sections 287.144 to 287.149, sections 287.144 to 287.149 shall not be construed to require the employer to provide vocational rehabilitation to a severely injured employee. An employee shall submit to appropriate vocational testing and a vocational rehabilitation assessment scheduled by an employer or its insurer. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 751, A.L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130)
MO Rev Stat § 287.145 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.145 - Rehabilitation practitioners, providers, certification of, how.

Effective - 01 Jul 1991   287.145. Rehabilitation practitioners, providers, certification of, how. — 1. Any person who has met the requirements in section 287.144 for a rehabilitation practitioner shall request in written form certification from the division. The division shall, after confirming that such person meets the qualifications of a rehabilitation practitioner, register and certify that the person is a certified rehabilitation practitioner.  2. Rehabilitation practitioners who do not work for an approved rehabilitation provider and who enter the vocational rehabilitation workers' compensation field after January 1, 1990, must obtain certification by the national board for certified counselor certification, or such person must meet the qualifications set forth by the Missouri division of workers' compensation.  3. Rehabilitation providers, as defined in section 287.144, must request in written form certification from the division. The division shall, upon confirming that the rehabilitation provider meets the requirements set forth in section 287.144, register and certify such provider. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 751)  Effective 7-01-91
MO Rev Stat § 287.146 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.146 - Employee authorized to receive vocational rehabilitation, when — duties of director.

Effective - 01 Jul 1991   287.146. Employee authorized to receive vocational rehabilitation, when — duties of director. — 1. When an employee has sustained injury of sufficient severity, as provided in section 287.148, as the result of an injury arising out of and in the course of employment, the employee may, if authorized by the employer and the insurer, receive vocational rehabilitation services that are reasonably necessary to restore him to suitable, gainful employment.  2. The director shall administer sections 287.144 to 287.149, and shall:  (1) Maintain a registry of all qualified rehabilitation providers and rehabilitation practitioners whether public or private, including practitioners directly employed by an insurer, employer or self-insurer that render rehabilitation services to injured workers in this state;  (2) Analyze and report annually the results and cost of rehabilitation assignments;  (3) Review vocational rehabilitation plans and disapprove within fourteen days of receipt, if such plans do not meet criteria set forth in subsections 1 to 5* of section 287.148. The director may review plans and supervise the completion of approved plans;  (4) Review the progress of rehabilitation under the applicable plan filed by the rehabilitation practitioner or provider to determine if such plan meets the criteria set forth in subsections 1 to 5 of section 287.148 throughout the period the plan is in force;  (5) Appoint vocational rehabilitation monitors to assist in the implementation of subdivisions (3) to (5) of this subsection. A monitor shall have the qualifications as set forth for vocational rehabilitation practitioners and at least two years of experience in the field of workers' compensation disabilities. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 751)  Effective 7-01-91  *Number "7" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 287.149 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.149 - Benefits to be paid, when — reduction of benefits, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories   287.149. Benefits to be paid, when — reduction of benefits, when. — 1. Temporary total disability or temporary partial disability benefits shall be paid throughout the rehabilitative process until the employee reaches maximum medical improvement, unless such benefits are terminated by the employee's return to work or are terminated as otherwise specified in this chapter.  2. The permanency of the employee's disability under sections 287.170 to 287.200 shall not be established, determined or adjudicated while the employee is participating in rehabilitation services.  3. Refusal of the employee to accept rehabilitation services or submit to a vocational rehabilitation assessment as deemed necessary by the employer shall result in a fifty percent reduction in all disability payments to an employee, including temporary partial disability benefits paid pursuant to section 287.180, for each week of the period of refusal. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 751, A.L. 2017 S.B. 66)
MO Rev Stat § 287.195 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.195 - Claims for hernia, proof required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1980   287.195. Claims for hernia, proof required. — In all claims for compensation for hernia resulting from injury arising out of and in the course of the employment, it must be definitely proved to the satisfaction of the division or the commission:  (1) That there was an accident or unusual strain resulting in hernia;  (2) That the hernia did not exist prior to the accident or unusual strain resulting in the injury for which compensation is claimed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3705, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 438, A.L. 1951 p. 620, A.L. 1953 p. 530, A.L. 1955 p. 588, A.L. 1957 p. 560 § 287.191, A.L. 1965 p. 397, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1396)  (1963) Claimant not entitled to recover compensation for strangulation of preexisting inguinal hernia. Wright v. J.A. Tobin Const. Co. (A.), 365 S.W.2d 742.
MO Rev Stat § 287.203 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.203 - Termination of compensation by employer, employee right to hearing — assessment of costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories   287.203. Termination of compensation by employer, employee right to hearing — assessment of costs. — Whenever the employer has provided compensation under section 287.170, 287.180 or 287.200, and terminates such compensation, the employer shall notify the employee of such termination and shall advise the employee of the reason for such termination. If the employee disputes the termination of such benefits, the employee may request a hearing before the division and the division shall set the matter for hearing within thirty days of such request and the division shall hear the matter on the date of hearing and no continuances or delays may be granted except upon a showing of good cause or by consent of the parties. The division shall render a decision within thirty days of the date of hearing. If the division or the commission determines that any proceedings have been brought, prosecuted, or defended without reasonable grounds, the division may assess the whole cost of the proceedings upon the party who brought, prosecuted, or defended them. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 251, A.L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130, A.L. 2017 S.B. 66)
MO Rev Stat § 287.215 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.215 - Injured employee to be furnished copy of his statement, otherwise inadmissible as evidence — statement, what is not to be included.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   287.215. Injured employee to be furnished copy of his statement, otherwise inadmissible as evidence — statement, what is not to be included. — No statement in writing made or given by an injured employee, whether taken and transcribed by a stenographer, signed or unsigned by the injured employee, or any statement which is mechanically or electronically recorded, or taken in writing by another person, or otherwise preserved, shall be admissible in evidence, used or referred to in any manner at any hearing or action to recover benefits under this law unless a copy thereof is given or furnished the employee, or his dependents in case of death, or their attorney, within thirty days after written request for it by the injured employee, his dependents in case of death, or by their attorney. The request shall be directed to the employer or its insurer by certified mail. The term "statement" as used in this section shall not include a videotape, motion picture, or visual reproduction of an image of an employee. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 167, A.L. 1965 p. 397, A.L. 1973 H.B. 215, A.L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130)
MO Rev Stat § 287.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.230 - Payment of compensation at death of employee — exceptions — abrogation of case law.

Effective - 26 Jun 2008   287.230. Payment of compensation at death of employee — exceptions — abrogation of case law. — 1. The death of the injured employee shall not affect the liability of the employer to furnish compensation as in this chapter provided, so far as the liability has accrued and become payable at the time of the death, and any accrued and unpaid compensation due the employee shall be paid to his dependents without administration, or if there are no dependents, to his personal representative or other persons entitled thereto, but the death shall be deemed to be the termination of the disability.  2. Where an employee is entitled to compensation under this chapter, exclusive of compensation as provided for in section 287.200, for an injury received and death ensues for any cause not resulting from the injury for which the employee was entitled to compensation, payments of the unpaid unaccrued compensation under section 287.190 and no other compensation for the injury shall be paid to the surviving dependents at the time of death.  3. In applying the provisions of this chapter, it is the intent of the legislature to reject and abrogate the holding in Schoemehl v. Treasurer of the State of Missouri, 217 S.W.3d 900 (Mo. 2007), and all cases citing, interpreting, applying, or following this case. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3708, A.L. 1965 p. 397, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1883)  Prior revision: 1929 § 3318  Effective 6-26-08  (1954) Award of benefits to dependent for weeks after the death of employee (from independent cause) held proper under subsection 2 of this section. Henderson v. National Bearing Division (A.), 267 S.W.2d 349.  (2008) Interpretation of law decided while other cases are pending applies prospectively to all actions pending on and prospective to date on which opinion was issued. Strait v. Treasurer of Missouri, 257 S.W.3d 600 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 287.241 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.241 - Death benefits, inconsistent with section 287.240, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1980   287.241. Death benefits, inconsistent with section 287.240, when. — The dependent and the employer may, by agreement, enter into a structured settlement which provides for different weekly benefits than provided in section 287.240. Any such settlement must be secured by indemnity insurance issued by a company approved by the Missouri department of commerce and insurance. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1396)
MO Rev Stat § 287.245 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.245 - Volunteer firefighters, grants for workers' compensation insurance premiums — or cancer benefits pool.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   287.245. Volunteer firefighters, grants for workers' compensation insurance premiums — or cancer benefits pool. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:  (1) "Association", volunteer fire protection associations as defined in section 320.300;  (2) "State fire marshal", the state fire marshal selected under the provisions of sections 320.200 to 320.270*;  (3) "Volunteer firefighter", the same meaning as in section 287.243;  (4) "Voluntary firefighter cancer benefits pool" or "pool", the same meaning as in section 320.400.  2. (1) Any association may apply to the state fire marshal for a grant for the purpose of funding such association's costs related to workers' compensation insurance premiums for volunteer firefighters.  **(2) Any voluntary firefighter cancer benefits pool may apply to the state fire marshal for a grant for the purpose of establishing a voluntary firefighter cancer benefits pool. This subdivision shall expire June 30, 2023.  3. Subject to appropriations, the state fire marshal may disburse grants to any applying volunteer fire protection association subject to the following schedule:  (1) Associations which had zero to five volunteer firefighters receive workers' compensation benefits from claims arising out of and in the course of the prevention or control of fire or the underwater recovery of drowning victims in the preceding calendar year shall be eligible for two thousand dollars in grant money;  (2) Associations which had six to ten volunteer firefighters receive workers' compensation benefits from claims arising out of and in the course of the prevention or control of fire or the underwater recovery of drowning victims in the preceding calendar year shall be eligible for one thousand five hundred dollars in grant money;  (3) Associations which had eleven to fifteen volunteer firefighters receive workers' compensation benefits from claims arising out of and in the course of the prevention or control of fire or the underwater recovery of drowning victims in the preceding calendar year shall be eligible for one thousand dollars in grant money;  (4) Associations which had sixteen to twenty volunteer firefighters receive workers' compensation benefits from claims arising out of and in the course of the prevention or control of fire or the underwater recovery of drowning victims in the preceding calendar year shall be eligible for five hundred dollars in grant money.  4. Grant money disbursed under this section shall only be used for the purpose of paying for the workers' compensation insurance premiums of volunteer firefighters or establishing a voluntary firefighter cancer benefits pool. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 613 merged with S.B. 700 merged with S.B. 732, A.L. 2021 S.B. 45) *Section 320.270 does not exist. **Subdivision (2) of subsection 2 expires 6-30-23.
MO Rev Stat § 287.252 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.252 - Cafeteria plan payroll deductions, not to reduce computation of employee compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   287.252. Cafeteria plan payroll deductions, not to reduce computation of employee compensation. — Where an employer has established a cafeteria plan for the employees of the employer in accordance with Section 125 of Title 26 United States Code, no payroll deduction or other reduction in salary of any employee made for the purpose of participating in such cafeteria plan shall have the effect of reducing the compensation amount used in calculating the employee's compensation or wages for the purpose of any workers' compensation claim governed by this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 609 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 287.253 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.253 - Monetary bonus, effect on benefits.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   287.253. Monetary bonus, effect on benefits. — A monetary bonus, paid by an employer to an employee, of up to three percent of the employee's yearly compensation from such employer shall not have the effect of increasing the compensation amount used in calculating the employee's compensation or wages for purposes of any workers' compensation claim governed by this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130)
MO Rev Stat § 287.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.260 - Compensation to have priority — not assignable — exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   287.260. Compensation to have priority — not assignable — exceptions. — 1. The compensation payable under this chapter, whether or not it has been awarded or is due, shall not be assignable, shall be exempt from attachment, garnishment, and execution, shall not be subject to setoff or counterclaim, or be in any way liable for any debt and in case of the insolvency of an employer or his insurer, or the levy of an attachment or an execution against an employer or insurer shall be entitled to the same preference and priority as claims for wages, without limit as to time or amount, except that if written notice is given to the division or the commission of the nature and extent thereof, the division or the commission may allow as lien on the compensation, reasonable attorney's fees for services in connection with the proceedings for compensation if the services are found to be necessary and may order the amount thereof paid to the attorney in a lump sum or in installments. All attorney's fees for services in connection with this chapter shall be subject to regulation by the division or the commission and shall be limited to such charges as are fair and reasonable and the division or the commission shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all disputes concerning the same.  2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, the compensation payable under this chapter other than compensation for medical expenses and therapy under section 287.141, shall be assignable for the purpose of satisfying child support obligations, shall be subject to attachment, garnishment and execution for the purpose of collecting and satisfying unpaid and delinquent child support obligations, and shall be subject to the lien provided for in section 454.517. Section 452.140 shall apply to limit property exemptions available in an action to collect child support under this subsection. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3711, A.L. 1965 p. 397, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1479)  Prior revision: 1929 § 3321
MO Rev Stat § 287.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 287 - Workers' Compensation Law|Section 287.270 - Benefits from other sources no bar to compensation, exception, professional athletes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   287.270. Benefits from other sources no bar to compensation, exception, professional athletes. — No savings or insurance of the injured employee, nor any benefits derived from any other source than the employer or the employer's insurer for liability under this chapter, shall be considered in determining the compensation due hereunder; except as provided in subsection 3* of section 287.170, and employers of professional athletes under contract shall be entitled to full credit for wages or benefits paid to the employee after the injury including medical, surgical or hospital benefits paid to or for the employee or his dependents on account of the injury, disability, or death, pursuant to the provisions of the contract. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3712, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1106, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1237, et al.)  Prior revision: 1929 § 3322  *Subsection 3 of section 283.170 was removed by S.B. 1 & 130, 2005. This language no longer exists.