39-72-310. Occupational disease coverage under workers' compensation plans. (1) Every employer enrolled under compensation plan No. 1, every insurer under compensation plan No. 2, and the state fund under compensation plan No. 3, all provided for under the Workers' Compensation Act, are considered to also provide full coverage for claims under this chapter. Any policy of insurance for workers' compensation coverage under the Workers' Compensation Act written by a private insurance carrier or the state fund is considered to provide full occupational disease coverage under the provisions of this chapter.
     (2) Except as provided in this chapter, the department shall apply the appropriate provisions of Title 39, chapter 71, parts 21, 22, and 23, to the administration of The Occupational Disease Act of Montana in the same manner as they are applied to the administration of the Workers' Compensation Act.
     (3) Under compensation plan No. 3, any premiums and other receipts held by the state fund for occupational disease insurance coverage must be transferred to the workers' compensation industrial insurance account, and payments for occupational disease claims by the state fund must be paid out of the industrial insurance account.

     History: En. 92-1334.1 by Sec. 17, Ch. 208, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 92-1334.1; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 613, L. 1989.