Sec. 2.5. (a) As used in this section, “school to work student” refers to a student participating in on-the-job training under the federal School to Work Opportunities Act (20 U.S.C. § 6101 et seq.).

     (b) A school to work student is entitled to the following compensation and benefits under this chapter:

(1) Medical benefits.

(2) Permanent partial impairment compensation under section 16 of this chapter. Permanent partial impairment compensation for a school to work student shall be paid in a lump sum upon agreement or final award.

(3) In the case that death results from the injury:

(A) death benefits in a lump sum amount of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000), payable upon agreement or final award to any dependents of the student under sections 11 through 14 of this chapter, or, if the student has no dependents, to the student’s parents; and

(B) burial compensation under section 15 of this chapter.

     (c) For the sole purpose of modifying an award under section 27 of this chapter, a school to work student’s average weekly wage is presumed to be equal to the federal minimum wage.

     (d) A school to work student is not entitled to the following compensation under this chapter:

(1) Temporary total disability compensation under section 16 of this chapter.

(2) Temporary partial disability compensation under section 19 of this chapter.

     (e) Except for remedies available under IC 5-2-6.1, recovery under subsection (b) is the exclusive right and remedy for:

(1) a school to work student; and

(2) the personal representatives, dependents, or next of kin, at common law or otherwise, of a school to work student;

on account of disablement or death by occupational disease arising out of and in the course of school to work employment.

As added by P.L.235-1999, SEC.6.

   Sec. 5. (a) A payor shall pay or deny each clean claim in accordance with section 6 of this chapter.

     (b) A payor shall notify a medical service provider of any deficiencies in a submitted claim not more than:

(1) thirty (30) days after the date the claim is received by the payor, for a claim that is filed electronically; or

(2) forty-five (45) days after the date the claim is received by the payor, for a claim that is filed on paper;

and describe any remedy necessary to establish a clean claim.

     (c) Failure of a payor to notify a medical service provider as required under subsection (b) establishes the submitted claim as a clean claim.

As added by P.L.160-2022, SEC.10.