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20 CFR § 701.505 - May an employer stop paying benefits awarded before February 17, 2009 if the employee would now fall within the exclusion?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s701.505"
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title: "20 CFR § 701.505 - May an employer stop paying benefits awarded before February 17, 2009 if the employee would now fall within the exclusion?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "701.505"
section_name: "May an employer stop paying benefits awarded before February 17, 2009 if the employee would now fall within the exclusion?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES"
part_number: "701"
part_name: "GENERAL; ADMINISTERING AGENCY; DEFINITIONS AND USE OF TERMS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 8171  33 U.S.C. 939; 36 D.C. Code 501  42 U.S.C. 1651  43 U.S.C. 1333; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1004, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 26860, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
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# 701.505 May an employer stop paying benefits awarded before February 17, 2009 if the employee would now fall within the exclusion?

No. If an individual was awarded compensation for an injury occurring before February 17, 2009, the employer must still pay all benefits awarded, including disability compensation and medical benefits, even if the employee would be excluded from coverage under the amended exclusion.

[76 FR 82129, Dec. 30, 2011]