Title 8, Labor and Industry

(1) Effective July 1, 1993, in any case in which an employee previously has sustained permanent partial disability and, in a subsequent injury, sustains additional permanent partial disability and it is shown that the combined industrial disabilities render the employee permanent…

The funding provisions of section 8-46-102, including the provisions relating to the assessment and levying of taxes, shall cease to be effective when an independent actuary, retained by the division for such purpose, determines that the fund has sufficient resources to pay benef…

(1) The general assembly finds and declares that the purpose of this section is to provide for prompt, efficient, and fair settlement of all pending claims and the closure of both the subsequent injury fund and the major medical insurance fund as soon as is practicable. (2) As ne…

This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Major Medical Insurance Fund Act". Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 545, § 1, effective July 1.

(1) (a) There is hereby established a major medical insurance fund to defray medical, surgical, dental, hospital, nursing, and drug expenses and expenses for medical, hospital, and surgical supplies, crutches, apparatus, and vocational rehabilitation, which shall include tuition,…

If any such insurance carrier or self-insurer withdraws from business in this state before the tax falls due as provided in this part 2, or fails or neglects to pay such tax, the director shall at once proceed to collect the same; and the director is authorized to employ such leg…

The director, in the enforcement of this article, shall have all of the powers granted in the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado", and any insurance carrier or self-insurer violating any of the provisions of this article, or failing to pay the tax imposed in this article, is …

(1) Payments from the major medical insurance fund shall be awarded by the director only after an application therefor has been filed by a claimant employee, the claimant's employer, or such employer's insurance carrier, or one on their behalf, for admission to the fund, in any c…

In any determination of permanent disability, the employer or the employer's insurance carrier shall receive any credit or benefit for the reduction of disability of any claimant employee under the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado" directly attributable to a compensable acc…

(1) The state treasurer shall invest any portion of the major medical insurance fund, including its surplus and reserves, which the director of the division of workers' compensation determines is not needed for immediate use. All interest earned upon such invested portion shall b…

Effective July 1, 1981, no further cases shall be accepted into the major medical insurance fund for injuries or occupational diseases occurring after that date, nor shall any cases be transferred from the medical disaster insurance fund to the major medical insurance fund. Sourc…

This part 3 shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Medical Disaster Insurance Fund Act". Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 549, § 1, effective July 1.

(1) There is hereby established a medical disaster insurance fund to defray medical, surgical, hospital, nursing, and drug expenses in excess of those provided under the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado" for employees who have established their entitlement to disability ben…

(1) All funds received by the division under the provisions of this article shall be used solely to pay the costs related to the administration of the medical disaster insurance fund and to defray the cost of medical, surgical, and hospital expenses necessary to effect the recove…

(1) The director, in the enforcement of this article, shall have all of the powers granted in the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado", articles 40 to 47 of this title, and any insurance carrier or self-insurer violating any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a vio…

All moneys collected by the division pursuant to the provisions of this part 3 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer who shall deposit the same to the credit of the medical disaster insurance fund, and all disbursements therefrom shall be paid by the state treasurer in acco…

(1) Payments from the medical disaster insurance fund shall be awarded by the director only after an application therefor has been filed by a claimant employee, the claimant's employer, or such employer's insurance carrier, or one on their behalf, and approved by the director for…

(1) In any determination of permanent disability, the employer or the employer's insurance carrier shall receive no credit or benefit for the reduction of disability of any claimant employee under the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado" directly attributable to a compensable …

(1) The state treasurer shall invest any portion of the medical disaster insurance fund, including its surplus and reserves, which the director determines is not needed for immediate use. All interest earned upon such invested portion shall be credited to the fund and used for th…

Revenues obtained from the tax imposed pursuant to section 8-46-102 (2)(a) may be used, in the discretion of the director, for the purpose of paying the costs incurred pursuant to this article. Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 583, § 5, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire sect…