Executive Order 2020-277

The record

Jurisdiction

Kentucky; Governor (workers' compensation order) · Kentucky

Level

State

Authority

KRS 39A.100

Issued

2020-04-09 Apr. 9, 2020

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For the duration of the Kentucky State of Emergency declared by EO 2020-215 (Mar. 6, 2020) unless rescinded (end not verified)

In force

Apr. 9, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Workplace rulesOther

Addressees

• employers and workers' compensation carriers in Kentucky; the Department of Workers' Claims

Functions reached

• IN workers' compensation carriers (TTD payable during quarantine removal)
• WF workers removed from work by physician order
• HR employer claims handling

Collection

State insurance and banking regulators AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING

Operative words

[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 'occupational,' 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

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