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LA Rev Stat § 23:1200.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1200.15. Commissioner of insurance authorized to employ investigators

RS 1200.15 - Commissioner of insurance authorized to employ investigators The commissioner of insurance shall have authority to employ investigators to investigate complaints received against group self-insurance funds authorized to do business in this state and against any unauthorized group self-insurance funds who are reported to be operating in this state. Acts 2010, No. 794, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1200.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1200.16. Disclosure

RS 1200.16 - Disclosure A. It shall be unlawful for any person who is an officer, trustee, employee, administrator, agent, or representative of a group self-insurance fund; or any person, partnership, corporation, banking corporation, or any other legal entity which performs any service for a group self-insurance fund, or prepares any report, audit, financial statement or report for, or makes any representation on behalf of, for, or with regard to a group self-insurance fund, in connection with any hearing, investigation, or examination authorized by this Subpart, to act with the specific intent to do any of the following items: (1) Represent falsely, directly or indirectly, to the Department of Insurance or any employee, trustee or administrator thereof, that an asset of such group self-insurance fund is unencumbered, or to misrepresent any other material fact pertaining to the status of any asset or liability of a group self-insurance fund. (2) Materially misrepresent to the Department of Insurance, or any employee, trustee or administrator thereof, the value of any asset or the amount of any liability of such group self-insurance fund, or any affiliate, subsidiary, or holding fund associated therewith; provided that with regard to a material misrepresentation of the value of any asset or liability, any deviation from the actual value of such asset or liability which results from utilization of and compliance with generally accepted insurance accounting and reporting procedures shall not be deemed a violation of this Section. (3) Fail to disclose to the Department of Insurance the existence of any liability of a group self-insurance fund, or affiliate, subsidiary, or holding company associated therewith when such disclosure is properly requested or required in writing by an examiner or administrator of the Department of Insurance. (4) Materially misrepresent, withhold, deny access to, or otherwise preclude the obtainment of any information properly requested in writing and in accordance with provisions of law affecting dissemination or disclosure of information by specific institutions by an examiner or administrator of the Department of Insurance, which is material and relevant to an examination properly conducted by the Department of Insurance and examiners and administrators of the Department of Insurance. B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both. Acts 2010, No. 794, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1200.17 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1200.17. Departmental complaint directives; failure to comply; fines; hearing

RS 1200.17 - Departmental complaint directives; failure to comply; fines; hearing A. Any person subject to the regulatory authority of this department who fails to comply with any directive issued by the commissioner in connection with a consumer complaint shall be fined an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for each occurrence. B. Any person against whom a fine has been levied shall be given ten days notice of such action. Upon receipt of this notice, the person aggrieved may apply for and shall be entitled to a hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart. Acts 2010, No. 794, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1201.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1201.2. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1204, §2.

RS 1201.2 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1204, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1201.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1201.3. Failure to pay compensation; judgment and execution; interest; revocation or suspension of insurer's license

RS 1201.3 - Failure to pay compensation; judgment and execution; interest; revocation or suspension of insurer's license  A. If payment of compensation or an installment payment of compensation due under the terms of an award, except in case of appeals from an award, is not made within ten days after the same is due by the employer or insurance carrier liable therefor, the workers' compensation judge may order a certified copy of the award to be filed in the office of the clerk of court of any parish, which award whether accumulative or lump sum, when recorded in the mortgage records, shall be a judicial mortgage as provided in Civil Code Article 3299. Any compensation awarded and all payments thereof directed to be made by order of the workers' compensation judge shall bear judicial interest from the date compensation was due until the date of satisfaction. The interest rate shall be fixed at the rate in effect on the date the claim for benefits was filed with the office of workers' compensation administration.  B. Upon the filing of the certified copy of the workers' compensation judge's award a writ of execution shall issue and process shall be executed and the cost thereof taxed, as in the case of writs of execution, on judgments of courts of record, as provided by the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.  C. If any insurance carrier intentionally, knowingly, or willfully violates any of the provisions of the Worker's Compensation Act, the insurance commissioner, on the request of a workers' compensation judge or the assistant secretary, shall suspend or revoke the license or authority of such insurance carrier to do compensation business in this state.  D. The provisions of this Section relating to the execution and process for the enforcement of awards shall be and are cumulative to other provisions now existing or which may hereafter be adopted relating to liens or enforcement of awards or claims for compensation.  Acts 1988, No. 938, §2, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1997, No. 52, §1; Acts 1997, No. 88, §1, eff. June 11, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1201.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1201.4. Forfeiture of benefits while incarcerated; exclusions; medical expenses

RS 1201.4 - Forfeiture of benefits while incarcerated; exclusions; medical expenses A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the employee's right to compensation benefits, including medical expenses, is forfeited during any period of incarceration, unless a workers' compensation judge finds that an employee has dependents who rely on a compensation award for their support, in which case said compensation shall be made payable and transmitted to the legal guardian of the minor dependent or other person designated by the workers' compensation judge and such payments shall be considered as having been made to the employee. After release from incarceration, the employee's right to claim compensation benefits shall resume. An employee who is incarcerated but is later found to be not guilty of felony criminal charges or against whom all felony charges have been dismissed by the prosecutor shall have the prescriptive period for filing a claim for benefits under this Chapter extended by the number of days he was incarcerated. B. When an employee has been assigned to a work release or transitional work program and has been injured as a result of such assignment, the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to limit the obligation of the employer to pay medical expenses to a health care provider when such medical expenses would be otherwise compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. Acts 1989, No. 454, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1997, No. 88, §1, eff. June 11, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 320, §1; Acts 2012, No. 610, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1202 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1202. Maximum and minimum amounts payable

RS 1202 - Maximum and minimum amounts payable A.(1) The maximum compensation to be paid under this Chapter for injuries occurring on or after September 1, 1975, and on or before August 31, 1976, shall be eighty-five dollars per week and a minimum compensation shall be twenty-five dollars per week; and for injuries occurring on or after September 1, 1976, and on or before August 31, 1977, the maximum weekly compensation to be paid under this Chapter shall be ninety-five dollars per week and the minimum compensation shall be thirty dollars per week. For injuries occurring on or after September 1, 1977, and before July 1, 1983, the maximum weekly compensation to be paid under this Chapter shall be sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the average weekly wage paid in all employment subject to the Louisiana Employment Security Law, and the minimum compensation shall be not less than twenty percent of such wage, said maximum and minimum to be computed to the nearest multiple of one dollar. (2) For injuries occurring on or after July 1, 1983, the maximum weekly compensation to be paid under this Chapter shall be seventy-five percent of the average weekly wage paid in all employment subject to the Louisiana Employment Security Law, and the minimum compensation for total disability shall be not less than twenty percent of such wage, said maximum and minimum to be computed to the nearest multiple of one dollar. There shall be no minimum compensation for benefits payable pursuant to R.S. 23:1221(3) or (4). In any case where the employee was receiving wages at a rate less than the applicable minimum compensation, the compensation shall be the employee's "wages". In no event shall monthly Supplemental Earnings Benefits exceed four and three tenths times temporary total disability benefits. B. For the purposes of this Chapter, the average weekly wage in all employment subject to the Louisiana Employment Security Law shall be determined by the administrator of the Louisiana Employment Security Law on or before August first of each year as of the quarter ending on the immediately preceding March thirty-first of each year. The average weekly wage so determined shall be applicable for the full period during which compensation is payable when the date of occurrence of injury falls within the twelve-month period commencing September first following the determination. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 411, §1; Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 25, §2; Acts 1973, No. 71, §1, Acts 1974, No. 12, §1; Acts 1975, No. 583, §5, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; Acts 1978, No. 622, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 454, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §4, eff. June 30, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1203.1.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1203.1.1. Medical director and associate medical director

RS 1203.1.1 - Medical director and associate medical director  A. The assistant secretary shall hire a medical director and an associate medical director to render decisions on disputed cases filed pursuant to R.S. 23:1203.1(J).  B. The medical director and associate medical director shall be full-time public employees of the office of workers' compensation administration and shall not engage in the practice of medicine outside the office.  Acts 2013, No. 317, §1; Acts 2018, No. 380, §1, eff. June 30, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1203.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1203.2. Electronic medical billing and payment

RS 1203.2 - Electronic medical billing and payment  A.(1) The assistant secretary shall adopt rules and regulations regarding the electronic submission, processing, and payment of workers' compensation-related medical bills, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.  (2) Such rules shall take effect no later than January 1, 2012.  B. The following groups shall make provisions for such an electronic claims system:  (1) Insurance carriers shall accept medical bills electronically submitted by health care providers, in accordance with the rules promulgated.  (2) Health care providers shall accept payment of medical claims submitted electronically by insurance carriers, in accordance with the rules promulgated.  C. On or after January 1, 2012, the assistant secretary may adopt additional rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq., regarding the electronic exchange of medical claims information.  D. Nothing shall prohibit the assistant secretary from promulgating and adopting rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq., regarding the development and implementation of a centralized data warehouse for the collection of medical billing and payment data.  Acts 2010, No. 4, §1; Acts 2012, No. 652, §1, eff. July 1, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1204 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1204. Furnishing of medical services or advancing voluntary payments not admission of liability

RS 1204 - Furnishing of medical services or advancing voluntary payments not admission of liability Neither the furnishing of medical services nor payments by the employer or his insurance carrier shall constitute an admission of liability for compensation under this Chapter.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1206 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1206. Voluntary payments; deductions from benefits

RS 1206 - Voluntary payments; deductions from benefits Any voluntary payment or unearned wages paid by the employer or insurer either in money or otherwise, to the employee or dependent, and accepted by the employee, which were not due and payable when made, may be deducted from the payments to be made as compensation. Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 1983.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1207 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1207. Rival claimants; payment; discharge of employer

RS 1207 - Rival claimants; payment; discharge of employer Payment of compensation under this Chapter by an employer to a dependent subsequent in right to another or other dependent shall protect and discharge the employer unless and until the dependent or dependents prior in right have given the employer notice of his or their claim. In case the employer is in doubt as to the respective rights of rival claimants the employer may apply to the court to decide between them.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1208.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1208.1. Employer's inquiry into employee's previous injury claims; forfeiture of benefits

RS 1208.1 - Employer's inquiry into employee's previous injury claims; forfeiture of benefits Nothing in this Title shall prohibit an employer from inquiring about previous injuries, disabilities, or other medical conditions and the employee shall answer truthfully; failure to answer truthfully shall result in the employee's forfeiture of benefits under this Chapter, provided said failure to answer directly relates to the medical condition for which a claim for benefits is made or affects the employer's ability to receive reimbursement from the second injury fund. This Section shall not be enforceable unless the written form on which the inquiries about previous medical conditions are made contains a notice advising the employee that his failure to answer truthfully may result in his forfeiture of worker's compensation benefits under R.S. 23:1208.1. Such notice shall be prominently displayed in bold faced block lettering of no less than ten point type. Acts 1988, No. 938, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 454, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1208.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1208.2. Duty to report fraud; immunity from civil liability

RS 1208.2 - Duty to report fraud; immunity from civil liability  A. Any person having knowledge of or who believes that an act is being or has been committed in violation of this Chapter shall report orally or in writing to the assistant secretary the information that forms the basis of such knowledge or belief, as well as any such additional information relevant thereto as the assistant secretary or his employees or his agents may require.  B. Any person who provides information pursuant to this Section without malice, fraudulent intent, or bad faith, shall be immune from all civil liability for such action.  Acts 1995, No. 368, §1, eff. June 16, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1210 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1210. Burial expenses; duty to furnish

RS 1210 - Burial expenses; duty to furnish A. In every case of death, the employer shall pay or cause to be paid, in addition to any other benefits allowable under the provisions of this Part, reasonable expenses of the burial of the employee, not to exceed eight thousand five hundred dollars. B. If the reasonable expenses for the burial of an employee are less than seven thousand five hundred dollars, the difference between such reasonable expenses and seven thousand five hundred dollars shall be paid or caused to be paid by the employer to the heirs of the deceased employee and such payment shall be in addition to any other benefits paid by the employer or his insurer on behalf of the deceased employee. Added by Acts 1956, No. 414, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 157, §1; Acts 1975, No. 583, §8, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; Acts 1980, No. 453, §1; Acts 1995, No. 55, §1; Acts 2001, No. 967, §1; Acts 2012, No. 860, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1211 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1211. Special compensation benefits for injury or death of member of national guard

RS 1211 - Special compensation benefits for injury or death of member of national guard A. Except as provided by R.S. 22:941, every member of the national guard who is accidentally injured, or his dependents if he is accidentally killed, while on active duty during a state of emergency declared by the governor and for the duration of such emergency as declared by the governor, shall be compensated by the state in accordance with the workers' compensation law, including but not limited to such medical, surgical, and hospital services and medicines and such disability and death benefits as are authorized by the workers' compensation law. B. Except as provided by R.S. 22:941, no compensation shall be paid unless the injury or death arose out of and in the course of service while on active duty during a state of emergency declared by the governor and only for the duration thereof and for no other kind of service whatsoever. Before any claim is certified for payment, proof that the applicant is entitled to payment shall be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the adjutant general. The amount payable as compensation may be commuted to a lump-sum settlement by agreement of the parties. In computing the weekly benefit hereunder, either the weekly wages from the member's principal civilian employment or his weekly military wages, whichever is larger, will be used. Otherwise, the provisions of the workers' compensation law apply. C. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section and R.S. 22:941, the provisions of this Section and of no other law shall govern the compensation benefits payable to members of the national guard. Added by Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 51, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1985, No. 973, §1 eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 2007, No. 260, §2, eff. July 6, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 220, §8, eff. June 14, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1212 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1212. Medical expense offset

RS 1212 - Medical expense offset A. Except as provided in Subsection B, payment by any person or entity, other than a direct payment by the employee, a relative or friend of the employee, or by Medicaid or other state medical assistance programs of medical expenses that are owed under this Chapter, shall extinguish the claim against the employer or insurer for those medical expenses. This Section shall not be regarded as a violation of R.S. 23:1163. If the employee or the employee's spouse actually pays premiums for health insurance, either as direct payments or as itemized deductions from their salaries, then this offset will only apply in the same percentage, if any, that the employer of the employee or the employer of his spouse paid the health insurance premiums. B. Payments by Medicaid or other state medical assistance programs shall not extinguish these claims and any payments made by such entities shall be subject to recovery by the state against the employer or insurer. Acts 1989, No. 454, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 2001, No. 1062, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1222 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1222. Probable duration of disability not basis for award

RS 1222 - Probable duration of disability not basis for award Supplemental earnings benefits shall not be awarded or payable for probable duration of loss of wages. However, this Section does not prohibit the parties from entering into a compromise or lump sum settlement, in accordance with the Workers' Compensation Law. Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1988, No. 938, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 260, §1, eff. June 26, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1223 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1223. Deductions from benefits

RS 1223 - Deductions from benefits A. Except as provided in R.S. 23:1221(4)(s), when compensation has been paid under R.S. 23:1221(1), (2), or (3), the number of weeks of compensation paid shall be deducted from the number of weeks of compensation allowed under R.S. 23:1221(4) or Subpart C of this Part. B. Except as provided in R.S. 23:1221(4)(s), when compensation has been paid under R.S. 23:1221(1), (2), or (4), the number of weeks of compensation paid shall be deducted from the number of weeks of compensation allowed under R.S. 23:1221(3) or Subpart C of this Part. Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 454, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 31, §1, eff. May 1, 1996; Acts 1999, No. 126, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1224 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1224. Payments not recoverable for first week; exceptions

RS 1224 - Payments not recoverable for first week; exceptions No compensation shall be paid for the first week after the injury is received; provided, that in cases where disability from injury continues for two weeks or longer after date of the accident, compensation for the first week shall be paid after the first two weeks have elapsed. Acts 2012, No. 860, §1.