§ 24-33.5-816 — Medical benefits as part of compensation

Colorado § 24-33.5-816

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Public Safety

Text

If, in addition to
monetary assistance, benefits, or other temporary or permanent relief, the United
States government or any agent thereof will reimburse a civil defense worker or
such civil defense worker's dependents for medical, surgical, or hospital treatment
or any combination thereof furnished to such injured civil defense worker, the civil
defense worker has no right to receive similar medical, surgical, or hospital
treatment as provided in this part 8; except that the adjusting agent, as adjusting
agent of the office of emergency management, may furnish medical, surgical, or
hospital treatment as part of the compensation provided under this part 8 and
apply to the United States government or its agent for the reimbursement that will
be made to the civil defense worker or such civil defense worker's dependents. As a
condition to the furnishing of such medical, surgical, or hospital treatment, the
adjusting agent shall require the civil defense worker and such civil defense
worker's dependents to assign to the state of Colorado, for the purpose of
reimbursing for any medical, surgical, or hospital treatment furnished or to be
furnished by the state, any privilege or right the civil defense worker or such civil
defense worker's dependents may have to reimbursement from the United States
government or any agent thereof.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2012: Entire part RC&RE with relocations, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1093, � 10, effective July 1.