Georgia Code, Title 34, Chapter 9, Article 9 - Subsequent Injury Trust Fund

• § 34-9-350 - Purpose and Construction of Article
  It is the purpose of this article to encourage the employment of persons with disabilities by protecting employers from excess liability for compensation when...
• § 34-9-351 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Merger of an injury with a preexisting permanent impairment" describes or means that: (A) Had the...
• § 34-9-351.1 - Exclusion From Eligibility for Reimbursement of Certain Self-Insured Employers
  Employers which are self-insured with regard to workers' compensation benefits but which are not authorized by the State Board of Workers' Compensation or other...
• § 34-9-352 - Creation and Authority of Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; State Treasurer As Custodian
  There is established a Subsequent Injury Trust Fund which shall be of a perpetual, nonlapsing nature for the sole purpose of making payments in...
• § 34-9-353 - Surety Bonds of Administrator and Custodian
  The administrator and the custodian, before entering upon the performance of their duties, shall each execute and file an official surety bond of not...
• § 34-9-354 - Creation and Appointment of Board of Trustees; Duties; Term of Office of Members and Chairman; Oath of Office
  (a) There is created a Board of Trustees of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund composed of five members who shall serve for a term...
• § 34-9-355 - Appointment of Administrator; Administration of Article; Members of Retirement System
  (a) The board of trustees shall appoint the administrator of the fund, and he or she shall serve at the pleasure of the trustees...
• § 34-9-356 - Payment of Travel Expenses of Board Members, Administrator, and Employees; Per Diem Allowance of Board Members
  (a) The members of the board of trustees, the administrator, and the employees of the fund shall be entitled to receive their actual necessary...
• § 34-9-357 - Payment of Costs of Administration; Submission and Approval of Annual Budget; Audit of Funds
  (a) The entire cost of the administration of the fund shall be paid from the assets of the fund.(b) The administrator shall annually submit...
• § 34-9-358 - Payment of Assessments to Fund by Insurers and Self-Insurers; Calculations
  (a) Prior to January 1, 2010, each insurer and self-insurer under this chapter shall, under regulations prescribed by the board of trustees, make payments...
• § 34-9-359 - Reports by Employers of Compensation and Benefits Paid; Failure to Pay Assessments
  (a) As soon as practicable after January 1 but not later than January 31 of each calendar year, the administrator shall forward to each...
• § 34-9-360 - Reimbursement of Employer or Insurer for Subsequent Injury Compensation Payments; Amounts of and Prerequisites to Reimbursement From Fund
  (a) If an employee who has a permanent impairment incurs a subsequent injury or disease arising out of and in the course of employment,...
• § 34-9-361 - Employer's Knowledge of Employee's Preexisting Permanent Impairment
  It shall be incumbent upon the employer to establish that the employer had reached an informed conclusion prior to the occurrence of the subsequent...
• § 34-9-362 - Notice by Employer or Insurer of Claim Against Fund; Request for a Hearing
  (a) An employer or insurer shall notify the administrator of the fund of any possible claim against the fund as soon as practicable, but...
• § 34-9-363 - Agreements for Reimbursement From Fund; Hearing by State Board of Workers' Compensation in Absence of Agreement; Compromise Settlements
  (a) When any employer or insurer and the administrator reach an agreement with respect to reimbursement under this article, it shall be reduced to...
• § 34-9-363.1 - Duty to Notify Administrator of Proposed Settlement Agreements After Reimbursement Agreement Has Been Reached; Approval of Such Settlement Agreements
  (a) After the employer or insurer and the administrator of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund reach an agreement with respect to reimbursement and either...
• § 34-9-364 - Apportionment or Denial of Reimbursement for Expenses Paid by Employer or Insurer
  The administrator of the fund may apportion or deny the employer or insurer reimbursement from the fund for medical expense provided by Code Section...
• § 34-9-365 - Injuries to Which Article is Applicable
  The effective date of this article is March 23, 1977, but it shall apply only to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 1977.
• § 34-9-366 - Binding of Fund to Questions Determined in Proceedings to Which It Was Not a Party
  The fund shall not be bound as to any question of law or fact by reason of an award or an adjudication to which...
• § 34-9-367 - Liability of Fund for Interest or Attorney's Fees
  The Subsequent Injury Trust Fund shall not be liable for any interest on sums due claiming parties nor shall it be liable for attorney's...
• § 34-9-368 - Reimbursement of Self-Insured Employers or Insureds; Actuarial Study Required; Dissolution of Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
  (a) The Subsequent Injury Trust Fund shall not reimburse a self-insured employer or an insurer for a subsequent injury for which a claim is...

Last modified: October 14, 2016