§ 9-622. Payment of compensation -- Reopening

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   (a) Amount of payment. -- If, under an initial claim filed on or after January 1, 1988, temporary total disability benefits are reopened under § 9-736(b) of this title, the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee compensation that equals two-thirds of the average weekly wage of the covered employee, but:

   (1) does not exceed the lesser of:

      (i) the average weekly wage of the State on the date of reopening; or

      (ii) 150% of the initial award; and

   (2) is not less than the initial award.

(b) Duration of payment. -- The employer or its insurer shall pay the compensation for the period that the covered employee is temporarily totally disabled.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 101, § 36; 1991, ch. 8, § 2.

                    
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