Workers' Compensation Second Injury Board
| Name | Workers' Compensation Second Injury Board |
| Contact Person | Meridith Trahant - SIB Director |
| Mailing Address |
1001 N. 23rd Street Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4187 |
| Phone Number | 225-342-7866 |
| Fax Number | 225-219-5968 |
| Board Email | SIF@lwc.la.gov |
| Website | www.laworks.net |
| Legal Authority | La. R.S. 23:1371-1379 |
| Year Created | 1974 |
| Organizational Placement | Louisiana Workforce Commission/Office of Workers Compensation/Second Injury Board |
| Purpose/Function | To encourage the employment, reemployment or retention of employees who have a permanent, partial disability by protecting employers, group self-insurance funds and P&C insurers from excess liability for workers compensation when an injury to such an employee merges with his preexisting disability to cause a greater disability than would have resulted from the subsequent injury alone. |
| Number of Entity Members: |
Number Authorized: 5
Number Currently Serving: 5 |
| Number of Entity Meetings: |
Actual number in prior year: 12
Estimated number in current year: 12 |
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The Entity is: Active Inactive Not fully organized Disbanded Never fully organized |
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Do members receive per diem, salaries, and/or travel expense reimbursements? Yes No |
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Excluding member per diem, salaries, and travel expense reimbursements, does the entity receive or expend funds? Yes No |
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Entity Member Per Diem: Amount Authorized: $0 per meeting per meeting day per day spent on board business None |
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Total entity member per diem: Prior year actual: $0.00 Current year budgeted: $0.00 |
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Entity Member Salaries: Prior year actual: $0.00 Current year budgeted: $0.00 |
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Entity Member Travel Expense Reimbursement: Prior year actual: $0.00 Current year budgeted: $0.00 |
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Number and Type of Authorized Employee Positions: Classified: 0 Unclassified: 0 Part-time: 0 |
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Entity Fiscal Year End: 4/30 7/31 10/31 Other (identify date) 6/30 9/30 12/31 None |
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Participation in State Employee Benefit Programs: Employees: participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s) do not participate in state benefit programs Members: participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s) do not participate in state benefit programs |
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A state agency provides: (Check all that apply and identify the state agency)
Per Diem Payments State Agency: Travel Reimbursements State Agency: Other (explain) State Agency: |
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Is this entity a budget unit or included within a budget unit of the State of Louisiana as defined by LSA-R.S. 39:2? Yes No If yes, identify the budget unit and the budget schedule number below: Budget Unit Name: Louisiana Workforce Commission Budget Schedule Number: 14-474 |
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