sec.232QPayment options

### sec.232Q Payment options An insurer may make treatment, care and support payments for an eligible worker’s injury— under a funding agreement between the insurer and the worker; or in response to a payment request by a person who has incurred expenses for the treatment, care or support of the worker resulting from the injury. A funding agreement is an agreement between an insurer and an eligible worker for a stated period— providing for the insurer to pay the worker an amount to cover particular expenses to be incurred by the worker or another person, in the period, for the treatment, care or support of the worker; and entered into in the circumstances, and for the treatment, care or support, prescribed by regulation; and including the terms prescribed by regulation. A payment request is a written request by a person who has incurred an expense for the treatment, care or support of an eligible worker— asking an insurer to pay all or part of the amount of the expense; and made in the circumstances prescribed by regulation. s 232Q ins 2016 No. 44 s 30 (sec.232Q-ssec.1) An insurer may make treatment, care and support payments for an eligible worker’s injury— under a funding agreement between the insurer and the worker; or in response to a payment request by a person who has incurred expenses for the treatment, care or support of the worker resulting from the injury. (sec.232Q-ssec.2) A funding agreement is an agreement between an insurer and an eligible worker for a stated period— providing for the insurer to pay the worker an amount to cover particular expenses to be incurred by the worker or another person, in the period, for the treatment, care or support of the worker; and entered into in the circumstances, and for the treatment, care or support, prescribed by regulation; and including the terms prescribed by regulation. (sec.232Q-ssec.3) A payment request is a written request by a person who has incurred an expense for the treatment, care or support of an eligible worker— asking an insurer to pay all or part of the amount of the expense; and made in the circumstances prescribed by regulation. - (a) under a funding agreement between the insurer and the worker; or - (b) in response to a payment request by a person who has incurred expenses for the treatment, care or support of the worker resulting from the injury. - (a) providing for the insurer to pay the worker an amount to cover particular expenses to be incurred by the worker or another person, in the period, for the treatment, care or support of the worker; and - (b) entered into in the circumstances, and for the treatment, care or support, prescribed by regulation; and - (c) including the terms prescribed by regulation. - (a) asking an insurer to pay all or part of the amount of the expense; and - (b) made in the circumstances prescribed by regulation.