Colorado § 24-33.5-809 Agreement for disposition of claims

Colorado Statutes

§ 24-33.5-809 — Agreement for disposition of claims

Colorado § 24-33.5-809

Title 24Government

Art.Public Safety

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-33.5-809 (2026).

Text

The office of emergency
management and the adjusting agent shall enter into an agreement requiring the
adjusting agent to adjust and dispose of claims and furnish compensation to civil
defense workers and their dependents. The agreement must authorize the
adjusting agent to make all expenditures, including payments to claimants for
compensation or for the adjustment or settlement of claims. Nothing in this part 8
means that the adjusting agent or its officers or agents have the final decision with
respect to the compensability of any case or the amount of compensation or
benefits due. Any civil defense worker or the civil defense worker's dependents
have the same right to hearings before the division of labor standards and statistics
in the department of labor and employment and 

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The office of emergency
management and the adjusting agent shall enter into an agreement requiring the
adjusting agent to adjust and dispose of claims and furnish compensation to civil
defense workers and their dependents. The agreement must authorize the
adjusting agent to make all expenditures, including payments to claimants for
compensation or for the adjustment or settlement of claims. Nothing in this part 8
means that the adjusting agent or its officers or agents have the final decision with
respect to the compensability of any case or the amount of compensation or
benefits due. Any civil defense worker or the civil defense worker's dependents
have the same right to hearings before the division of labor standards and statistics
in the department of labor and employment and its referees, and to appeal from
awards of the division and referees to the industrial claim appeals panel and to the
courts, as is provided in the hearing and review procedures of the Workers'
Compensation Act of Colorado, article 43 of title 8, C.R.S., subject to the
limitations prescribed in this part 8.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2012: Entire part RC&RE with relocations, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1092, � 10, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1323), ch. 131, p. 380, � 18, effective August 10.