This chapter shall be known and cited as “Workers’ Compensation Law,” and shall be administered by the Workers’ Compensation Commission, hereinafter referred to as the “commission,” cooperating with other state and federal authorities for the prevention of injuries and occupational diseases to workers and, in event of injury or occupational disease, their rehabilitation or restoration […]
All funds received by the Workers’ Compensation Commission, as established by Section 71-3-85 et seq., shall be paid to the State Treasurer, who shall issue receipts therefor and who shall deposit such funds into the State General Fund in the State Treasury. From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of the Workers’ Compensation Commission […]
Each insurance company and all other carriers which desire to write workmen’s compensation insurance in compliance with this chapter shall be required, before writing such insurance, to register with the workmen’s compensation commission and pay a registration fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). This shall be deposited by the commission in the administration expense fund.
The commission shall each calendar year make a report to the governor upon the operation of this chapter, including suggestions and recommendations as to improvements in the law and administration, a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements, and an exposition of industrial injury experience and compensation and medical cost.
The commission shall cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies in the rehabilitation of handicapped workers, and shall promptly report to the proper authority industrial injury cases in which retraining or job placement may be needed.
Compensation and death benefits shall be double the amount otherwise payable if the injured employee at the time of the injury is a minor under eighteen (18) years of age employed, permitted, or suffered to work in violation of any provision of the Mississippi labor laws. The employer alone and not the insurance carrier shall […]
If an employee who has been hired or is regularly employed in this state receives personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment while temporarily employed outside of this state, he or his dependents in case of his death shall be entitled to compensation according to the law of […]
No compensation except medical benefits shall be allowed for the first five (5) days of the disability. In case the injury results in disability of fourteen (14) days or more, the compensation shall be allowed from the date of disability.
The Department of Insurance is directed to promulgate such rules and regulations as will enable the department to provide the “Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Assigned Risk Plan” for the assignment of risks which in good faith are entitled to insurance under this chapter but which, because of unusual conditions and circumstances, are unable to obtain such […]
The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission shall appoint a medical advisory board to serve in an advisory capacity to study the possibility of the use of a medical fee schedule and to provide assistance to the commission in the performance of its functions relating to regulation of medical fees and charges pursuant to Section 71-3-15(3), Mississippi […]
The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to review and make recommendations to the Legislature concerning alternative systems of workers’ compensation for the State of Mississippi. The commission shall evaluate (a) the feasibility of group self-insurance and a self-insurance guarantee fund; (b) the deregulation of compensation insurance rates, including the impact of […]
There is hereby created the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council composed of individuals who, by their practice, experience and expertise, reflect the general composition of those involved with the workers’ compensation field. The council shall consist of not more than twenty-five (25) members excluding the members of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission, who shall be […]
In the event that an employee sustains an injury at work or asserts a work-related injury, the employer shall have the right to administer drug and alcohol testing or require that the employee submit himself to drug and alcohol testing. If the employee has a positive test indicating the presence, at the time of injury, […]
The Commissioner of Insurance shall submit a report consisting of the condition of the assigned risk plan and the safety programs established by insurers in accordance with Chapter 577, Laws of 1992 to the Senate and House Insurance Committees by January 1 of each year, beginning January 1, 1993.
Each insurance carrier or commission approved self-insured employer shall maintain a workers’ compensation claims office, subject to the waiver provisions herein, within the borders of the State of Mississippi beginning July 1, 1993. Alternatively, each insurance carrier or commission approved self-insured employer may provide by contract the same services within the borders of the State […]
The Workers’ Compensation Commission may utilize one or more arbitrators to resolve disputes under such procedures as prescribed by the commission in its uniform procedure rules.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement (the department) or the obligee may cause a lien for unpaid and delinquent child or spousal support to be placed upon any workers’ compensation benefits payable to an obligor delinquent in child support or spousal support payments where a minor child is living with […]
Compensation for disability or in death cases shall not exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the average weekly wage for the state per week, nor shall it be less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per week except in partial dependency cases and in partial disability cases. Maximum recovery: The total recovery of compensation hereunder, exclusive […]
The employer shall furnish such medical, surgical, and other attendance or treatment, nurse and hospital service, medicine, crutches, artificial members, and other apparatus for such period as the nature of the injury or the process of recovery may require. The injured employee shall have the right to accept the services furnished by the employer or, […]
Compensation for disability shall be paid to the employee as follows: Permanent total disability: In case of total disability adjudged to be permanent, sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the average weekly wages of the injured employee, subject to the maximum limitations as to weekly benefits as set up in this chapter, shall be paid […]
