Louisiana Statutes
§ 23:1212 — Medical expense offset
Louisiana·Title 23 Labor and Workers' Compensation
A.Except as provided in Subsection B, payment by any person or entity, other than a direct payment by the employee, a relative or friend of the employee, or by Medicaid or other state medical assistance programs of medical expenses that are owed under this Chapter, shall extinguish the claim against the employer or insurer for those medical expenses. This Section shall not be regarded as a violation of R.S. 23:1163. If the employee or the employee's spouse actually pays premiums for health insurance, either as direct payments or as itemized deductions from their salaries, then this offset will only apply in the same percentage, if any, that the employer of the employee or the employer of his spouse paid the health insurance premiums.
B.Payments by Medicaid or other state medical assistan
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Legislative History
Acts 1989, No. 454, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 2001, No. 1062, §1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 23:12
Electronic digitized records§ 23:1200
Review of rate determination§ 23:1200.1
Rules and regulations§ 23:1200.11
Failure to pay expenses; penalty§ 23:1200.12
Scope of examination§ 23:1200.13
Production of books and records§ 23:1200.14
Power to examine under oath; subpoena witnesses§ 23:1200.16
Disclosure§ 23:1200.3
Exclusive use of expirations§ 23:1200.4
Consecutive net losses§ 23:1200.5
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