{"id":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-050","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kentucky; Governor (workers\u0027 compensation order)","state":"KY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Andy Beshear","authority":"KRS 39A.100","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-277","title":"State of Emergency Relating to Workers\u0027 Compensation","dateIssued":"2020-04-09","effective":"2020-04-09","end":"For the duration of the Kentucky State of Emergency declared by EO 2020-215 (Mar. 6, 2020) unless rescinded (end not verified)","startDate":"2020-04-09","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["OTHER","EMP"],"addressees":["employers and workers\u0027 compensation carriers in Kentucky; the Department of Workers\u0027 Claims"],"clause":"[An employee removed from work by a physician due to occupational exposure to] COVID-19 shall be entitled to temporary total disability payments pursuant to KRS 342.730(1)(a) during the period of removal even if the employer ultimately denies liability for the claim. In order for the exposure to be \u0027occupational,\u0027 there [must be a causal connection to the work; the order names first responders, health care workers, corrections officers, military, National Guard, domestic violence shelter workers, child advocacy workers, rape crisis center staff, Department for Community Based Services workers, grocery workers, postal service workers and child care workers as presumptively exposed]... The limitations in KRS 342.040(1) are suspended and temporary total disability [payments are due from the first day of removal].","enforcement":"KRS 342.990 (penalties); KRS 39A.990","functions":["IN workers\u0027 compensation carriers (TTD payable during quarantine removal)","WF workers removed from work by physician order","HR employer claims handling"],"notes":"Text read by Windows OCR of the scanned executive order; bracketed passages paraphrase paragraphs whose OCR was fragmentary.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20200409_Executive-Order_2020-277_Workers-Compensation.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":124849,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-050","citation":"Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-277 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-050)","stateName":"Kentucky","related":[]}