NAC616B.936. Payment of lump-sum benefits.

An offender must not be paid a lump-sum settlement for an injury or disease while incarcerated. When the offender is released, any lump-sum benefit to which he or she is entitled:

     1. Of more than $2,400, must be paid in monthly installments that do not exceed 10 percent of the total benefit in any month. The first installment must be paid within 30 days after the insurer receives written notice, from the offender or the administrator of the county jail, city jail or other local detention facility where the offender was incarcerated, that the offender has been released.

     2. Of $2,400 or less, must be paid in a single payment within 30 days after the insurer receives written notice, from the offender or the administrator of the county jail, city jail or other local detention facility where the offender was incarcerated, that the offender has been released.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R209-97, eff. 4-17-98)