Ohio § 4121.63 Living maintenance payments paid to claimants agreeing to rehabilitation

Ohio Statutes

§ 4121.63 — Living maintenance payments paid to claimants agreeing to rehabilitation

Ohio § 4121.63

Title 41Labor and Industry

Ch. 4121Industrial Commission; Bureau Of Workers' Compensation

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.63 (2026).

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Claimants who the administrator of workers' compensation determines could probably be rehabilitated to achieve the goals established by section4121.61of the Revised Code and who agree to undergo rehabilitation shall be paid living maintenance payments for a period or periods which do not exceed six months in the aggregate, unless review by the administrator or the administrator's designee reveals that the claimant will be benefited by an extension of such payments.

Living maintenance payments shall be paid in weekly amounts, not to exceed the amount the claimant would receive if the claimant were being compensated for temporary total disability, but not less than fifty per cent of the current state average weekly wage. Living maintenance payments shall commence at the time the claimant be

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Claimants who the administrator of workers' compensation determines could probably be rehabilitated to achieve the goals established by section4121.61of the Revised Code and who agree to undergo rehabilitation shall be paid living maintenance payments for a period or periods which do not exceed six months in the aggregate, unless review by the administrator or the administrator's designee reveals that the claimant will be benefited by an extension of such payments.

Living maintenance payments shall be paid in weekly amounts, not to exceed the amount the claimant would receive if the claimant were being compensated for temporary total disability, but not less than fifty per cent of the current state average weekly wage. Living maintenance payments shall commence at the time the claimant begins to participate in an approved rehabilitation program.

A claimant receiving living maintenance payments shall be deemed to be temporarily totally disabled and shall receive no payment of any type of compensation except as provided by division (B) of section4123.57of the Revised Code for the periods during which the claimant is receiving living maintenance payments.