1. An insurer, including, without limitation, an employer who provides accident benefits for injured employees pursuant to NRS 616C.265, who pays an increase in death benefits to a widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent pursuant to NRS 616C.508 is entitled to be reimbursed for the amount of that increase from the Fund for Workers’ Compensation and Safety if the insurer provides to the Administrator all of the following:
(a) The name of the widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent to whom the insurer paid the increase in death benefits.
(b) The claim number under which death benefits were paid to the widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent.
(c) The date of the industrial injury or disablement from an occupational disease which resulted in the eligibility of the widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent for death benefits.
(d) The date of the death of the injured employee who is the:
(1) Spouse of the widow or widower;
(2) Parent of the surviving child; or
(3) Child of the surviving dependent parent.
(e) The amount of the death benefit to which the widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent was entitled as of December 31, 2019.
(f) Proof of the insurer’s payment of the increase in death benefits.
(g) The amount of reimbursement requested by the insurer.
2. An insurer must provide the Administrator with the information required pursuant to subsection 1 not later than March 31 of each year to be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to this section for payments of increases in death benefits 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. An insurer may elect to apply any approved reimbursement made pursuant to this section towards any current or future assessment levied by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 232.680.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1469)