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Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-050 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 2020-277

State of Emergency Relating to Workers' Compensation

Governor Andy Beshear · Kentucky; Governor (workers' compensation order) (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Kentucky; Governor (workers' compensation order) · Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
KRS 39A.100
Issued
2020-04-09 Apr. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-04-09
End
For the duration of the Kentucky State of Emergency declared by EO 2020-215 (Mar. 6, 2020) unless rescinded (end not verified)
In force
Apr. 9, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Workplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • employers and workers' compensation carriers in Kentucky; the Department of Workers' Claims
Functions reached
  • IN workers' compensation carriers (TTD payable during quarantine removal)
  • WF workers removed from work by physician order
  • HR employer claims handling
Collection
State insurance and banking regulators AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING

Operative words

[An employee removed from work by a physician due to occupational exposure to] COVID-19 shall be entitled to temporary total disability payments pursuant to KRS 342.730(1)(a) during the period of removal even if the employer ultimately denies liability for the claim. In order for the exposure to be 'occupational,' there [must be a causal connection to the work; the order names first responders, health care workers, corrections officers, military, National Guard, domestic violence shelter workers, child advocacy workers, rape crisis center staff, Department for Community Based Services workers, grocery workers, postal service workers and child care workers as presumptively exposed]... The limitations in KRS 342.040(1) are suspended and temporary total disability [payments are due from the first day of removal].

Enforcement

KRS 342.990 (penalties); KRS 39A.990

Notes

Text read by Windows OCR of the scanned executive order; bracketed passages paraphrase paragraphs whose OCR was fragmentary.