Sec. 31-296a. Discontinuance or reduction of payments under oral agreements.
Sec. 31-296a. Discontinuance or reduction of payments under oral
agreements. No employer shall discontinue or reduce payment on account of total or
partial incapacity under any oral agreement or in any case where the employer's acceptance of compensability has been conclusively presumed under subsection (b) of section
31-294c because of failure to file a timely notice contesting liability, if it is claimed by
or on behalf of the injured person that his incapacity still continues, unless such employer
notifies the commissioner and the employee of the proposed discontinuance or reduction
in the manner prescribed in section 31-296 and the commissioner specifically approves
such discontinuance or reduction in writing.
(1971, P.A. 510, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 43; P.A. 88-106, S. 2; P.A. 92-31, S. 3, 7.)
History: 1972 act prohibited discontinuing payments "in any case where the employer's acceptance of compensability
has been conclusively presumed ... because of failure to file a timely notice contesting liability"; P.A. 88-106 added the
provisions regarding the reduction of benefits; P.A. 92-31 made a technical change.
Cited. 28 CA 113.