Wyoming § 27-14-403 Awards generally; method of payment

Wyoming Statutes

§ 27-14-403 — Awards generally; method of payment

Wyoming·Title 27 Labor and Employment·Ch. 14 WORKER'S COMPENSATION·Art. 4 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

(a)In addition to payment of medical and hospital care and artificial replacement, an injured employee and his dependents may be entitled to one (1) or more awards for:

(i)Temporary total disability or temporary light duty;

(ii)Permanent partial impairment;

(iii)Permanent partial disability or vocational rehabilitation as provided under W.S. 27-14-408;

(iv)Permanent total disability; or

(v)Death.

(b)Notwithstanding the date of death or the date of the determination of permanent total disability, in the case of permanent total disability or death, each child of an employee shall be paid two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per month for payments made after July 1, 2009, until the child dies or reaches the age of twenty-one (21) years, whichever first occurs, or if the child is physica

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(a) In addition to payment of medical and hospital care
and artificial replacement, an injured employee and his
dependents may be entitled to one (1) or more awards for:
(i) Temporary total disability or temporary light
duty;
(ii) Permanent partial impairment;
(iii) Permanent partial disability or vocational
rehabilitation as provided under W.S. 27-14-408;
(iv) Permanent total disability; or
(v) Death.
(b) Notwithstanding the date of death or the date of the
determination of permanent total disability, in the case of
permanent total disability or death, each child of an employee
shall be paid two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per month for
payments made after July 1, 2009, until the child dies or
reaches the age of twenty-one (21) years, whichever first
occurs, or if the child is physically or mentally incapacitated
until the child dies unless qualified for and receiving benefits
under the Medicaid home and community based waiver program. If
the child is enrolled or preregistered in a post secondary
educational institution including a four-year college, community
college or private trade school licensed pursuant to W.S.
21-2-401 through 21-2-407 and providing career, technical or
apprenticeship training, the child shall receive the amount
provided by this section until the child attains the age of
twenty-five (25) years. The amount awarded under this subsection
shall be adjusted for inflation annually by the division, using
the consumer price index or its successor index of the United
States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, or three
percent (3%), whichever is less.
(c) All awards stated in this section except awards under
paragraph (a)(i), subsection (b) and paragraphs (e)(ii), (iv)
and (v) and (h)(ii) and subsection (k) of this section shall be
paid monthly at the rates prescribed by this subsection. For
permanent partial impairment under paragraph (a)(ii) of this
section, the award shall be calculated at the rate of two-thirds
(2/3) of the statewide average monthly wage for the twelve (12)
month period immediately preceding the quarterly period in which
the benefits are first paid as determined pursuant to W.S.