20 CFR § 10.803 - What are the time limitations on OWCP's payment of bills?

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title: "20 CFR § 10.803 - What are the time limitations on OWCP's payment of bills?"
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title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
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section_name: "What are the time limitations on OWCP's payment of bills?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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subchapter_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT"
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part_name: "CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 8102a, 8103, 8145 and 8149; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263."
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# 10.803 What are the time limitations on OWCP's payment of bills?

OWCP will pay providers and reimburse employees promptly for all bills received on an approved form and in a timely manner. However, no bill will be paid for expenses incurred if the bill is submitted more than one year beyond the end of the calendar year in which the expense was incurred or the service or supply was provided, or more than one year beyond the end of the calendar year in which the claim was first accepted as compensable by OWCP, whichever is later.