Compensation of nonresident alien dependents; notification of dependent required.
1. The insurer shall notify a dependent of a deceased employee who is residing outside of the United States by certified mail at his last known address if compensation is due the decedent or beneficiary pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS. The dependent may request that payment be made directly to him within 90 calendar days after the notice was mailed. The insurer shall pay compensation which is due a beneficiary directly to the beneficiary if the beneficiary requests payment within 90 calendar days after the notice was mailed.
2. If the insurer does not receive a request that payment be made directly to a beneficiary within 90 days after the notice required by subsection 1 is mailed, payments to the consul general, vice consul general, consul or vice consul of the nation of which any dependent of a deceased employee is a resident or subject, or a representative of such consul general, vice consul general, consul or vice consul, of any compensation due under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS to any dependent residing outside of the United States, any power of attorney to receive or receipt for the same to the contrary notwithstanding, are as full a discharge of the benefits or compensation payable under those chapters as if payments were made directly to the beneficiary.
Last modified: February 25, 2006