§ 28-31-5 - Payment of benefits for state employees.
SECTION 28-31-5
§ 28-31-5 Payment of benefits for stateemployees. – (a) The expenses incurred for and in behalf of the state under the provisionsof §§ 28-31-3, 28-33-5, 28-33-12, 28-33-16, 28-33-17, 28-33-18,28-33-19, 28-33-34, 28-33-35, 28-33-36, 28-33-37, and 28-33-39 and for benefitssimilar to the benefits provided for employees of employers other than thestate under the provisions of § 28-37-8 as determined by a prior agreementor settled as provided by § 28-31-4 or by the department's preliminarydetermination or decree of the workers' compensation court, shall be paid outof any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated and the statecontroller shall draw his or her order or orders upon the general treasurer forthe payment of the claim in accordance with the provisions of the agreement,preliminary determination, or decree upon receipt by the controller of a copyof the agreement or preliminary determination certified by the director or of acopy of the decree certified by the administrator of the workers' compensationcourt.
(b) Payments for continuing total incapacity until theemployee's total incapacity has ended or until his or her death similar to thepayments which are provided for employees of employers other than the state by§ 28-37-8 shall in the case of an employee of the state be paid out of anymoney in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated.
(c) Benefits similar to the provisions of § 28-37-8shall be paid to employees of the state whose final payment attaining themaximum limit for compensation for total incapacity as provided by §28-33-17 is paid subsequent to January 1, 1969 and who continue to be totallyincapacitated for work due to an injury sustained while employed by the state.
(d) The provisions of this section are subject to theprovisions of § 28-33-18.2.