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RI Gen L § 28-39-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-39 - Temporary Disability Insurance - General Provisions|Section 28-39-34 - Appropriations for administration.

§ 28-39-34. Appropriations for administration.The general assembly shall annually appropriate a sum sufficient for the payment of expenses of administering chapters 39 — 41 of this title during each fiscal year, which sum shall be payable out of the temporary disability insurance reserve fund; provided, that those sums shall be available to the director for the payment of expenses of administration of those chapters only to the extent that moneys received from the federal government are not available for that purpose as provided in § 28-39-33.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 15; P.L. 1944, ch. 1481, § 1; P.L. 1946, ch. 1744, § 9; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 2, § 8; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2841, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-39-34; P.L. 1989, ch. 204, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-39-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-39 - Temporary Disability Insurance - General Provisions|Section 28-39-35 - Educational program.

§ 28-39-35. Educational program.The director shall undertake an educational publicity program designed to safeguard the fund created by this chapter. The director shall solicit the co-operation and assistance of labor, industry, and the public generally, in effecting that program. In the exercise of his or her authority under this chapter, the director shall give publicity to the need for accident prevention, and the preservation of health. He or she shall publicize the need for industrial employment to provide the best available safeguards for workers, as well as appropriate sanitary facilities, and he or she shall also publicize the potential results of malingering.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 17; P.L. 1946, ch. 1744, § 10; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-39-35.
RI Gen L § 28-39-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-39 - Temporary Disability Insurance - General Provisions|Section 28-39-36 - Repealed.

§ 28-39-36. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 204, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 1989, ch. 204, § 3, effective June 29, 1990.
RI Gen L § 28-39-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-39 - Temporary Disability Insurance - General Provisions|Section 28-39-37 - Functions of treasurer and director of administration.

§ 28-39-37. Functions of treasurer and director of administration.The general treasurer and the state director of administration shall have the same powers and duties with relation to chapters 39 — 41 of this title as they respectively have to chapters 42 — 44 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 19; P.L. 1951, ch. 2810, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-39-37.
RI Gen L § 28-39-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-39 - Temporary Disability Insurance - General Provisions|Section 28-39-38 - Construction of provisions.

§ 28-39-38. Construction of provisions.Chapters 39 — 41 of this title shall be construed liberally in aid of their declared purpose, which declared purpose is to lighten the burden which now falls on the unemployed worker and his family.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 16; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-39-38.
RI Gen L § 28-39-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-39 - Temporary Disability Insurance - General Provisions|Section 28-39-39 - Reservation of legislative control.

§ 28-39-39. Reservation of legislative control.All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by chapters 39 — 41 of this title, or by acts done pursuant to these chapters, shall exist subject to the power of the general assembly to amend or repeal these chapters at any time.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 13; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-39-39.
RI Gen L § 28-39-40 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-39 - Temporary Disability Insurance - General Provisions|Section 28-39-40 - Severability.

§ 28-39-40. Severability.If any provision of chapters 39 — 41 of this title, or its application to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapters and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by that invalidity.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 14; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-39-40.
RI Gen L § 28-39-41 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-39 - Temporary Disability Insurance - General Provisions|Section 28-39-41 - Task force.

§ 28-39-41. Task force.(a) There is hereby established a task force on temporary disability insurance fraud and program integrity. The task force shall consist of the following members or their designees:(1) The director of labor and training or designee;(2) The secretary of health and human services or designee;(3) The director of health or designee;(4) The director of the office of management and budget or designee; and(5) The attorney general or designee.The director of labor and training shall chair the task force.(b) The task force shall coordinate joint efforts to combat fraud and abuse in the temporary disability insurance program. The task force shall:(1) Foster appropriate use of the program by both claimants and qualified healthcare providers by educating them about the intent of the program, the benefits provided, acceptable use of benefits, and applicable requirements;(2) Protect the integrity of the temporary disability insurance fund by performing joint investigations into fraudulent activities; and(3) Employ best practices, as established by other insurance programs both public and private, to ensure program goals and objectives are aimed at providing efficient and effective services to all customers.(c) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, the task force shall facilitate timely information sharing between and among task force members, including the establishment of protocols by which participating agencies will advise or refer to other agencies matters of potential interest.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 3, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-40-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-1 - Amount of employee contributions - Wages on which based.

§ 28-40-1. Amount of employee contributions — Wages on which based.(a) The taxable wage base under this chapter for each calendar year shall be equal to the greater of thirty-eight thousand dollars ($38,000) or the annual earnings needed by an individual to qualify for the maximum weekly benefit amount and the maximum duration under chapters 39 — 41 of this title. That taxable wage base shall be computed as follows: Every September 30, the maximum weekly benefit amount in effect as of that date shall be multiplied by thirty (30) and the resultant product shall be divided by thirty-six hundredths (.36). If the result thus obtained is not an even multiple of one hundred dollars ($100), it shall be rounded upward to the next higher even multiple of one hundred dollars ($100). That taxable wage base shall be effective for the calendar year beginning on the next January 1.(b) Each employee shall contribute with respect to employment after the date upon which the employer becomes subject to chapters 39 — 41 of this title, an amount equal to the fund cost rate times the wages paid by the employer to the employee up to the taxable wage base as defined and computed in subsection (a) of this section. The employee contribution rate for the following calendar year shall be determined by computing the fund cost rate on or before November 15 of each year as follows:(1) The total amount of disbursements made from the fund for the twelve (12) month period ending on the immediately preceding September 30 shall be divided by the total taxable wages paid by employers during the twelve (12) month period ending on the immediately preceding June 30. The ratio thus obtained shall be multiplied by one hundred (100) and the resultant product if not an exact multiple of one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) shall be rounded down to the next lowest multiple of one-tenth of one percent (0.1%);(2) If the fund balance as of the preceding September 30 is less than the total disbursements from the fund for the six (6) month period ending on that September 30, that difference shall be added to the total disbursements for the twelve (12) month period ending September 30 for the purpose of computing the fund cost rate, and if the resulting fund cost rate is not an exact multiple of one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) it shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of one-tenth of one percent (0.1%).History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 4; P.L. 1946, ch. 1744, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 2, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2828, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-1; P.L. 1964, ch. 138, § 2; P.L. 1972, ch. 35, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 127, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 211, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 351, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 414, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 391, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 107, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 58, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 37.
RI Gen L § 28-40-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-2 - Exemption of employee dependent on spiritual healing.

§ 28-40-2. Exemption of employee dependent on spiritual healing.An employee who adheres to the faith or teachings of any church, sect, or denomination and in accordance with its creed, tenets, or principles, depends for healing upon prayer or spiritual means in the practice of religion, shall be exempt from chapters 39 — 41 of this title and excluded from these provisions upon the filing with the director and with his or her employer, affidavits, in duplicate, stating that adherence and dependence, and disclaiming any and all benefits under those chapters whether or not arising before the passage of these provisions, and stating the name of the employer of that employee, which affidavits shall contain certifications by the president of the church which that employee attends, or certifications of any practitioner in the state who is authorized to practice healing based upon prayer or spiritual means, stating the adherence and dependence of that employee. Subsequently, that employee and his or her employer shall be exempt from liability for contributions with respect to that employee provided for under chapters 39 — 41 of this title, and the employer shall be entitled to rely upon the affidavit filed with it unless and until it receives notice from the director that these provisions have not been complied with or that the affidavit is not in proper form. In case the employee, after the filing of the affidavits, obtains new employment, he or she must file new affidavits as provided in this section in order to be exempt from chapters 39 — 41 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 4; P.L. 1943, ch. 1368, § 1; P.L. 1946, ch. 1744, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 2, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2828, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-2.
RI Gen L § 28-40-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-2.1 - Exemption of minors fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) years of age.

§ 28-40-2.1. Exemption of minors fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) years of age.Minors fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) years of age shall be exempt from chapters 39 — 41 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 125, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-40-2.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-2.2 - Exemption of certain disabled persons.

§ 28-40-2.2. Exemption of certain disabled persons.Disabled persons employed through a "supported employment" program as described in the federal Rehabilitation Act amendments of 1992 (see 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.) and who are ineligible to receive temporary disability benefits because their pay is too low may elect to be exempt from the provisions of chapters 39 — 41 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 155, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-40-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-3 - Withholding and disposition of contributions.

§ 28-40-3. Withholding and disposition of contributions.Each employer shall withhold in trust contributions from the wages of his or her employees at the time those wages are earned or paid, shall show the deduction on his or her payroll records, and shall furnish to his or her employees any evidence of the deduction as the director may prescribe. Each employer shall transmit all contributions withheld to the temporary disability insurance fund in the manner, at the time, and under the conditions that shall be prescribed by regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 4; P.L. 1946, ch. 1744, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 2, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2828, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2841, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-3; P.L. 1960, ch. 107, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-40-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-3.1 - Contributions held in trust for state.

§ 28-40-3.1. Contributions held in trust for state.(a) All contributions withheld by any employer from employees in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and all contributions withheld by any employer from employees under color of those provisions, shall constitute a trust fund for the state until paid to the director.(b) That trust shall be enforceable against:(1) The employer;(2) Any officer, agent, servant, or employee of any corporate employer responsible for either the withholding or payment, or both, of the contribution; and(3) Any person receiving any part of the fund without consideration, or knowing that the employer or any officer, agent, servant, or employee or any corporate employer is committing a breach of trust.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-40-3.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-3.2 - Notice to segregate trust funds.

§ 28-40-3.2. Notice to segregate trust funds.If the director believes that the payment to the state of the trust fund established under § 28-40-3.1 will be jeopardized by delay, neglect, or misappropriation, he or she shall then notify the employer that the trust fund shall be segregated, and be kept separate and apart from all other funds and assets of the employer and shall not be commingled with any other funds or assets. That notice shall be given by either hand delivery or by registered mail, return receipt requested. Within four (4) days after the sending of that notice, all taxes which subsequently either become collectible or are collected shall be deposited weekly in any financial institution in the state and those contributions shall be designated as a special fund in trust for the state and payable to the state by the employer as trustee of that fund.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-40-3.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-3.3 - Penalty for misappropriation.

§ 28-40-3.3. Penalty for misappropriation.Any employer and any officer, agent, servant, or employee of any corporate employer responsible for either the withholding or payment of contributions, who appropriates or converts the contributions withheld to his or her own use or to any use other than the payment of the contributions, to the extent that the money required to be withheld is not available for payment on the due date as prescribed in this chapter, shall upon conviction for each offense be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned for not exceeding one year, or shall be both fined and imprisoned, the fine and imprisonment to be in addition to any other penalty provided by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-40-3.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-3.4 - Set-off for delinquent contributions.

§ 28-40-3.4. Set-off for delinquent contributions.If the director determines that any individual, or employing unit or its agent, has failed or refused to transmit contributions withheld from the wages of employees in accordance with chapters 39 — 41 of this title, the director shall notify the state controller of this delinquency. The state controller, upon certification of the amount of the delinquency by the director, shall set-off the amount of the delinquency against any payment due that person or entity and the director shall credit that amount against the contributions due. The director may not seek set-off until such time as a delinquency determination for the contributions has been directed to the person or entity. If a person or entity assessed a delinquency determination for contributions has requested a hearing on the assessment within the applicable statutory period, no request for set-off may be made while the matter is pending in the hearing or from any appeal from the hearing.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 301, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-40-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-4 - Employer's liability for contributions not withheld.

§ 28-40-4. Employer's liability for contributions not withheld.If any employer fails to deduct the contributions of any of his or her employees at the time their wages are paid or fails to make a deduction at the time wages are paid for the next succeeding payroll period, he or she alone shall subsequently be liable for those contributions, and, for the purposes of §§ 28-39-23 — 28-39-32 and 28-40-9 — 28-40-16 those contributions shall be treated as employers' contributions required from him or her.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 4; P.L. 1946, ch. 1744, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 2, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2828, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-4.
RI Gen L § 28-40-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-5 - Adjustment of erroneous deductions or payments.

§ 28-40-5. Adjustment of erroneous deductions or payments.If more or less than the correct amount of contributions imposed under §§ 28-40-1 — 28-40-4 is paid with respect to any wage payments, then, under prescribed regulations, proper adjustments with respect to the contributions shall be made, without interest, in computing contributions next due and payable after the discovery of the error with respect to the next subsequent wage payment by the same employer. If more or less than the correct amount of contributions imposed under §§ 28-40-1 — 28-40-4 is paid with respect to any wage payment, then, under prescribed regulations, proper adjustments with respect to both the contributions and the amount to be deducted shall be made, without interest, in connection with the next wage payment to the same employee by the same employer.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-5.
RI Gen L § 28-40-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-6 - Overpayments.

§ 28-40-6. Overpayments.(a) If an employer or employee makes application for refund or credit of any amount paid as contributions or interest under this title, and the director determines that the amount or any portion of it was erroneously collected, the director shall, in his or her discretion, either allow a credit for it, or by voucher duly drawn by the director in an amount and in any manner that the director may prescribe, direct the general treasurer to pay the amount determined to be erroneously collected from the temporary disability insurance reserve fund.(b) If, in the discretion of the director, a credit is to be allowed, that credit shall be applied against the payment or payments of contributions next due from that employer subsequent to the determination of the director.(c) No refund or credit shall be allowed with respect to a payment as contributions or interest, unless an application for it is made in writing on or before whichever of the following dates is later:(1) One year from the date on which the payment was made; or(2) Three (3) years from the last day of the period with respect to which the payment was made.(d) For a like cause and within the same period, a refund may be made, or a credit allowed, on the motion of the director.(e) No interest shall be allowed or paid with respect to any refund.(f) No refund or credit shall be allowed if the amount involved is less than one dollar ($1.00).(g) Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize any refund or credit of money due and payable under the law and regulations in effect at the time the money was paid.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 4; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 2, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3667, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-6; P.L. 1958, ch. 186, § 1; P.L. 1959, ch. 166, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-40-6.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-6.1 - Refunds to disabled persons.

§ 28-40-6.1. Refunds to disabled persons.(a) Disabled persons employed through a "supported employment" program as described in the federal Rehabilitation Act amendments of 1992 (see 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.) and who: (1) were or are ineligible to receive temporary disability benefits because their pay is too low and (2) during one or more periods of such ineligibility they made contributions to the temporary disability insurance fund, shall be entitled to a refund of the contributions, without interest.(b) A person eligible for a refund pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for contributions made during the period commencing three (3) years prior to June 30, 1995, shall be entitled for one year after that date to apply for a refund of the contribution, and shall have one year from the date of contribution to apply for a refund of contributions made after June 30, 1995.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 206, § 1.