Sec. 23.35.010. Creation of Fishermen’s Fund Advisory and Appeals Council.
There is within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development a Fishermen’s Fund Advisory and Appeals Council.
There is within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development a Fishermen’s Fund Advisory and Appeals Council.
The council is composed of the commissioner of labor and workforce development or a person designated by the commissioner and five members appointed by the governor for overlapping five year terms. The governor shall appoint one member from each of the following districts: District 1: Wrangell and areas south; District 2: Areas north of Wrangell […]
The commissioner of labor and workforce development or the person designated by the commissioner serves as the chair of the council.
(a) The council shall (1) review all denials of benefits made by the person responsible for the administration of the fund; and (2) make all initial determinations regarding claims for additional benefits under AS 23.35.140. (b) Under regulations adopted by the department, the commissioner shall hear all appeals from the council’s denial of benefits and […]
The department may adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including those that are necessary or advisable to protect the fund by limiting or suspending payments from the fund. The regulations must be uniform in application.
(a) There is created a fund, designated as the “fishermen’s fund.” The Department of Revenue is the custodian of the fund, and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall administer it. The fund shall be composed of (1) 39 percent of the money derived by the state from all commercial fishermen’s licenses, not to […]
A fisherman, upon becoming disabled, is entitled to receive benefits as follows: immediately after the fisherman sustains an injury or disability arising out of an accident directly connected with operations as a fisherman, either ashore in the state or in Alaska water, or suffers an occupational disease, the fisherman is entitled to emergency treatment, transportation […]
The department may pay the costs, within the maximum limitations, of emergency treatment, transportation, medical care, and hospitalization, necessitated by a cardio-vascular disease, if the department determines that the disease is attributable, directly or indirectly, to the fishing endeavor.
A fisherman is also entitled to such assistance after discharge from the hospital during period of convalescence as the department allows in consideration of the condition of the fund.
The department may pay out of the fund all reasonable transportation charges incurred under AS 23.35.080 and 23.35.090, including cost of returning the fisherman to the boat or home of the fisherman or to another place that reasonably meets with the fisherman’s convenience, and the reasonable hospital, nursing, medical, and surgical expense incurred in the […]
In carrying out this chapter, the department may enter into contracts or other arrangements with hospitals and doctors in the state for furnishing care on an annual basis to persons entitled to benefits. Contracting under this section is governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code).
In providing care the department shall provide the type and quality of treatment that will restore the fisherman to health and productivity, if possible. The department may enter into cooperative arrangements with agencies of the federal government, other states and territories, and private clinics and rehabilitation centers for the care and treatment of fishermen.
Except for compelling reasons, compensation may not be paid for the care of any one person involving a single injury or disability beyond a period of one year from the date of initial allowance.
(a) Except for compelling reasons, (1) compensation may not be paid for medical care or hospitalization furnished before the ascertainable time of injury, or before authorization in the case of disability caused by an occupational disease; (2) the total allowance for any one injury or disablement is $10,000. (b) The total allowance for any one […]
If a fisherman files a claim for benefits under this chapter and also files a claim against the protection and indemnity insurance policy of the vessel owner, the vessel owner is entitled to receive a benefit, not to exceed the amount of the actual loss, that is the lesser of (1) the full amount of […]
In this chapter, (1) “approved medical facilities” and “medical care” include the facilities of, or the care and treatment prescribed or performed by, a practitioner of chiropractic licensed by the state under AS 08.20; (2) “council” means the Fishermen’s Fund Advisory and Appeals Council; (3) “fisherman” means a person who is licensed by the state […]