1. An insurer, including an employer who provides accident benefits for injured employees pursuant to NRS 616C.265, who pays an annual increase in compensation for a permanent total disability to a claimant or a dependent of a claimant pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 616C.473 is entitled to be reimbursed for the amount of that increase in accordance with this section if the insurer provides to the Administrator all of the following:
(a) The name of the claimant or dependent of a claimant to whom the insurer paid the increase in compensation.
(b) The claim number under which the compensation for a permanent total disability was paid to the claimant or dependent of a claimant.
(c) The date of the industrial injury or disablement from an occupational disease which resulted in the permanent total disability of the injured employee.
(d) The date on which the disability of the injured employee was determined or deemed to be total and permanent.
(e) The amount of the compensation for a permanent total disability to which the claimant or dependent of a claimant was entitled as of December 31, 2019.
(f) Proof of the insurer’s payment of the increase in compensation for a permanent total disability.
(g) The amount of reimbursement requested by the insurer.
2. An insurer must provide the Administrator with the items required pursuant to subsection 1 not later than March 31 of each year to be eligible for reimbursement for payments of increases in compensation for permanent total disability which were made in the immediately preceding calendar year.
3. An insurer may not be reimbursed pursuant to this section unless the insurer’s request for reimbursement is approved by the Administrator.
4. If the Administrator approves an insurer’s request for reimbursement, the Administrator must withdraw from the Uninsured Employers’ Claim Account established pursuant to NRS 616A.430 an amount of the income realized from the investment of the assets in that Account that is necessary to reimburse the insurer or employer for the cost of the increase in compensation paid to claimants and dependents pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 616C.473. If the income realized from the investment of the assets in the Account is insufficient to pay such reimbursement, the Administrator must pay the remainder of the reimbursement from the assessments levied by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 232.680.
5. An insurer may elect to apply any approved reimbursement under this section towards any current or future assessment levied by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 232.680.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3437)