263BEntitlement to provisional payments for mental injuries

263B Entitlement to provisional payments for mental injuries

(1) If a worker makes a claim for compensation under this Act in respect of a mental injury, the Authority or a self-insurer must pay the reasonable costs of a service specified in section 224(1)(a) received because of the claimed mental injury as provisional payments in accordance with this Division.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply—

(a) if the claim for compensation was made before the commencement of this Division; or

(b) subject to section 263I(1)(b), if the Authority or a self-insurer has previously determined a claim for compensation relating to the same mental injury and circumstances.

(3) Guidelines made under section 224(2) apply for the purposes of this Division.

(4) A worker is entitled to receive a service referred to in subsection (1) (other than an occupational rehabilitation service) from the provider of the worker's choice notwithstanding that an employer or the Authority or a self-insurer, as the case may be, offers or provides a service to the worker for the worker's use.

S. 263C inserted by No. 5/2021 s. 11.