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HB 1039 - Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; reimbursement eligibility

Bannister, Charles E (77th)	Harbin, Ben (113th)	Davis, J. Max (60th)

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A BILL to amend Code Section 34-9-360 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reimbursement of employers or insurers for subsequent injury compensation payments and amounts of and prerequisites to reimbursement from the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund, so as to change certain provisions relating to eligibility for reimbursement from the fund; and for other purposes.

HB 1039                                            LC 25 1360 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Code Section 34-9-360 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to reimbursement of employers or 
  1- 3  insurers for subsequent injury compensation payments and 
  1- 4  amounts of and prerequisites to reimbursement from the 
  1- 5  Subsequent Injury Trust Fund, so as to change certain 
  1- 6  provisions relating to eligibility for reimbursement from 
  1- 7  the fund; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 
  1- 8  purposes. 
 
  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-10                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-11  Code Section 34-9-360 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-12  Annotated, relating to reimbursement of employers or 
  1-13  insurers for subsequent injury compensation payments and 
  1-14  amounts of and prerequisites to reimbursement from the 
  1-15  Subsequent Injury Trust Fund, is amended by striking 
  1-16  subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
 
  1-17    "(b) An employer or insurer who has paid medical and 
  1-18    rehabilitation expenses on behalf of the employee who 
  1-19    comes under this article shall be entitled to 
  1-20    reimbursement from the fund on the following basis: 
 
  1-21      (1) Fifty percent reimbursement of all medical and 
  1-22      rehabilitation expenses paid which exceed $5,000.00 
  1-23      $10,000.00 but do not exceed $10,000.00 $20,000.00; 
 
  1-24      (2) One hundred percent reimbursement of all medical and 
  1-25      rehabilitation expenses paid which exceed $10,000.00 
  1-26      $20,000.00; 
 
  1-27    provided, however, that the threshold amounts provided by 
  1-28    paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection which entitle an 
  1-29    employer or insurer to reimbursement shall be increased on 
  1-30    January 1 of each following year to an amount twice that 
  1-31    of the previous calendar year." 
 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2- 2  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2- 3  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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