Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 37 - INSURANCE Part
Part III - Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board
Chapter 19 - Future Medical Care and Related Benefits
Section III-1931 - Attorney Fees

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-1931

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Following the completion of the administrative hearing process hereunder, pursuant to its continuing jurisdiction, the district court, from which a final judgment has been issued in cases where future medical care and related benefits have been determined to be needed by a patient, shall award reasonable attorney fees to the patient's attorney if the court finds that the fund unreasonably failed to pay for medical care and related benefits within 30 days after submission of a claim for payment of such benefits.

B. A patient and/or the patient's attorney shall not be entitled to attorney fees in any action to enforce rights pursuant to §1931. A if the patient fails or refuses to submit to examination in accordance with a notice and if the requirements of §1911 have been satisfied.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1299.44(D)(3).

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