353 – Preferred Provider Organizations; Licensing.
§ 353. Preferred provider organizations; licensing. To be licensed as a preferred provider organization any entity, except any organization which provides limited health care services, shall make an application to the commissioner of health and shall submit therewith an application fee of five hundred dollars. Such application shall be accompanied by the information prescribed in […]
354 – Preferred Provider Organizations; Medical Treatment.
§ 354. Preferred provider organizations; medical treatment. 1. Each preferred provider organization shall provide at least two providers in every medical specialty from which the employee may choose and at least two hospitals from which the employee may choose in the event that hospitalization is necessary. The commissioner of health may waive such numerical requirements […]
318 – Rules of Evidence; Modification of Board Decisions or Orders; Appeals.
§ 318. Rules of evidence; modification of board decisions or orders; appeals. The provisions of section two hundred twenty-two of this chapter are made applicable to claims for compensation under this article.
319 – Special Fund for Civil Defense Volunteers.
§ 319. Special fund for civil defense volunteers. There is hereby created a fund which shall be known as the special fund for civil defense volunteers to provide for payment of cash benefits and medical care and funeral expenses under this article and expenses of administration under section three hundred twenty-five of this article. Such […]
320 – Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Custodian of Fund.
§ 320. Commissioner of taxation and finance custodian of fund. The commissioner of taxation and finance shall be the custodian of the special fund for workmen’s compensation for civil defense volunteers and all disbursements for compensation therefrom shall be paid by him upon drafts signed by the chairman or those authorized by the chairman for […]
321 – Reinsurance.
§ 321. Reinsurance. Funds credited to the special fund for the purposes of this article may be used to effect insurance or reinsurance with the war damage corporation or with any other authority or instrumentality, public or private, or otherwise to distribute the liability for compensation payable to civil defense volunteers.
322 – Rehabilitation.
§ 322. Rehabilitation. Fees for rehabilitation services to disabled civil defense volunteers shall be paid out of the special fund in an amount approved by the chairman, and shall be the reasonable and necessary cost of such services, including services of a physician or rehabilitation facility specially qualified to render rehabilitation services. Expenses of rehabilitation […]
323 – Limitation of Liability.
§ 323. Limitation of liability. The special fund for civil defense volunteers created by this article shall be the sole and exclusive source for payment of compensation provided by this article for civil defense volunteers.
324 – Distribution of Unexpended Assets of the Special Fund.
§ 324. Distribution of unexpended assets of the special fund. Within five years after the period of emergency as defined in the state defense emergency act shall have expired, the chairman shall determine the amount of outstanding liabilities of the special fund and shall establish reasonable reserves to pay to claimants cash benefits, medical care […]
315 – Claims Procedures.
§ 315. Claims procedures. Claims shall be subject to the administrative procedures prescribed for claims filed with the chairman for disability benefits payable under section two hundred seven. The chairman may require a claimant under this article to file the same proofs required under other articles of this chapter or other proofs for determination of […]