federal_register: 97-32511
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| 97-32511 | Claims for Compensation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act; Compensation for Disability and Death of Noncitizen Federal Employees Outside the United States | Proposed Rule | The Department of Labor proposes to revise the regulations governing the administration of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), which provides benefits to all civilian Federal employees and certain other groups of employees and individuals who are injured or killed while performing their jobs. The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers the FECA. The existing rules have been entirely rewritten using plain English and have also been reorganized into a more accessible format. A number of significant changes are made in the proposed regulations, including new sections implementing amendments to the law which provide for suspension of benefits during incarceration and termination of benefits for conviction of fraud against the program; changes to the continuation of pay (COP) provisions, including reducing to 30 days the time within which COP may be used where there is a recurrence of disability; paying for an attendant as a medical expense instead of as a supplemental payment to the claimant; inclusion of OWCP nurse services in the definition of vocational rehabilitation services; clarifying the review process by distinguishing between modification on the Director's own motion (in which case no new evidence or argument is needed to reopen claim) and reconsideration at the request of the claimant (which will require the claimant to provide new evidence or argument to reopen the claim); restricting opportunities to postpone oral hearings; clarification of subpoena authority; streamlining the standards for review of attorney fees; provision of more detailed guidance in regard to claims involving the liability of a third party; and clarification of procedures with respect to claims filed by non- Federal law enforcement officers. Also included in the proposed regulations is a major revision of the medical fee schedule to include, for the first time, pharmacy and inpatient hospital bills. | 1997-12-23 | 1997 | 12 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/12/23/97-32511/claims-for-compensation-under-the-federal-employees-compensation-act-compensation-for-disability-and | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-12-23/pdf/97-32511.pdf | Labor Department | 271 | The Department of Labor proposes to revise the regulations governing the administration of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), which provides benefits to all civilian Federal employees and certain other groups of employees and individuals... |