2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 287 Workers' Compensation Law
287.149. Benefits to be paid, when--reduction of benefits, when.
Benefits to be paid, when--reduction of benefits, when.
287.149. 1. Temporary total disability or temporary partial disability benefits shall be paid throughout the rehabilitative process.
2. The permanency of the employee's disability under sections 287.170 to 287.200 shall not be established, determined or adjudicated while the employee is participating in rehabilitation services.
3. Refusal of the employee to accept rehabilitation services or submit to a vocational rehabilitation assessment as deemed necessary by the employer shall result in a fifty percent reduction in all disability payments to an employee, including temporary partial disability benefits paid pursuant to section 287.180, for each week of the period of refusal.
(L. 1990 S.B. 751)Effective 7-1-91
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