Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 121.17 - Change in compensation(a) If an injured employee has recovered from an injury, or a deceased employee's dependent or personal representative is no longer eligible to receive death benefits, an Agreement to Stop Weekly Workers' Compensation Payments (Final Receipt), Form LIBC-340, may be executed by the parties. The executed agreement shall be filed with the Bureau.(b) Termination, suspension, modification or other change in compensation may be accomplished by filing with the Bureau a Supplemental Agreement for Compensation for Disability or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-337. A Supplemental Agreement for Compensation for Disability or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-337, may be used to change an Agreement for Compensation for Disability or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-336, a Supplemental Agreement for Compensation for Disability or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-337, an Agreement for Compensation for Death, Form LIBC-338, a Notice of Compensation Payable, Form LIBC-495, or an award. A Supplemental Agreement for Compensation for Disability or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-337, shall be completed before being signed by the employer and the employee. The completed Supplemental Agreement for Compensation for Disability or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-337, shall be sent to the employee or his dependents and filed with the Bureau.(c) A suspension or modification of compensation may be accomplished by the employer mailing a Notification of Suspension or Modification Pursuant to §§ 413 (c) and (d), Form LIBC-751, to the Bureau and the employee. The wage calculation on the Notification of Suspension or Modification Pursuant to §§ 413 (c) and (d), Form LIBC-751, shall be completed for a modification.(d) If temporary payments made under § 121.7a (relating to notice of temporary compensation payable) are stopped, the employer shall file one of the following:(1) A Notice Stopping Temporary Compensation, Form LIBC-502, and a Notice of Workers' Compensation Denial, Form LIBC-496, within 5 days of the last payment and within the 90-day temporary compensation payable period.(2) A Notice of Compensation Payable, Form LIBC-495.(3) An Agreement for Compensation for Disability or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-336.(e) The employer may not file a Notification of Suspension or Modification Pursuant to §§ 413 (c) and (d), Form LIBC-751, to stop temporary payments made under § 121.7a.(f) If termination, suspension or modification of compensation cannot be achieved through subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d), the employer may file a Petition To: Terminate (stop payment of worker's compensation), Terminate (based upon physician's affidavit, a special supersedeas hearing to be scheduled), Modify or Suspend Compensation Benefits, Form LIBC-378.The provisions of this § 121.17 amended August 3, 2007, effective 8/4/2007, 37 Pa.B. 4181. This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 121.8 (relating to agreements for compensation for disability or permanent injury); 34 Pa. Code § 121.9 (relating to agreements for compensation for death); and 34 Pa. Code § 121.12 (relating to bureau review of agreements and notices of compensation payable).