[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: 20CFR30.17]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                      CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS'

                         COMPENSATION PROGRAMS,

                           DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 30_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 

ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  30.17  Is a beneficiary who defrauds the government in connection 

with a claim for EEOICPA benefits still entitled to those benefits?



    When a beneficiary either pleads guilty to or is found guilty on 

either Federal or State criminal charges of defrauding the federal or a 

state government in connection with a claim for benefits under the Act 

or any other federal or state workers' compensation law, the beneficiary 

forfeits (effective the date either the guilty plea is accepted or a 

verdict of guilty is returned after trial) any entitlement to any 

further benefits for any injury, illness or death covered by this part 

for which the time of injury was on or before the date of such guilty 

plea or verdict. Any subsequent change in or recurrence of the 

beneficiary's medical condition does not affect termination of 

entitlement under this section.