25-15-17 - Payment of benefits. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 25-15-17. Payment of benefits.
 

Any benefits payable under the plan may be made either directly to the attending physicians, hospitals, medical groups, or others furnishing the services upon which a claim is based, or to the covered employee, upon presentation of valid bills for such services, subject to such provisions to facilitate payment as may be made by the board. All benefits payable under this plan shall be payable directly to the covered employee unless such covered employee shall make a valid assignment thereof. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 5834-139; Laws,  1971, ch. 523, § 9; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 149, eff from and after July 1, 1984.