[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: 20CFR61.100]



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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.  61.100  General reimbursement provisions.





    (a) The Office shall reimburse any carrier that pays benefits under 

the Defense Base Act or other applicable workers' compensation law due 

to the injury, disability or death of any person specified in Sec.  

61.1(a), if the injury or death for which the benefits are paid arose 

from a war-risk hazard. The amount to be reimbursed includes disability 

and death payments, funeral and burial expenses, medical expenses, and 

the reasonable and necessary claims expense incurred in processing the 

request.

    (b) The Office shall not provide reimbursement in any case in which 

an additional premium for war-risk hazard was charged, or in which the 

carrier



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has been reimbursed, paid, or compensated for the loss for which 

reimbursement is requested.

    (c) Reimbursement under this section with respect to benefits shall 

be limited to the amounts which will discharge the liability of the 

carrier under the applicable workers' compensation law.