[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR61.105]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 61_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE WAR HAZARDS COMPENSATION ACT, 
AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Reimbursement of Carriers
 
Sec. 61.105  Direct payment of benefits.

    (a) The Office may pay benefits, as they accrue, directly to any 
entitled beneficiary in lieu of reimbursement of a carrier.
    (b) The Office will not accept a case for direct payment until the 
right of the person or persons entitled to benefits has been established 
and the Office finds that the carrier would be entitled to reimbursement 
for continuing benefits.
    (c) The Office will not accept a case for direct payment until the 
rate of compensation or benefit and the period of payment have become 
relatively fixed and known. The Office may accept a case for direct 
payment before this condition has been satisfied, if the Office 
determines that direct payment is advisable due to the circumstances in 
that particular case.
    (d) In cases transferred to the Office for direct payment, medical 
care for the effects of a war-risk injury may be furnished in a manner 
consistent with the regulations governing the furnishing of medical care 
under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
8101, et seq.).
    (e) The transfer of a case to the Office for direct payment does not 
affect the hearing or adjudicatory rights of a beneficiary or carrier as 
established under the Defense Base Act or other applicable workers' 
compensation law.
    (f) The Office may retransfer any case to a carrier either for the 
purpose of completion of adjudicatory processes or for continuation of 
payment of benefits.

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