99-41-21 - Repayment of compensation; subrogation of state. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 99-41-21. Repayment of compensation; subrogation of state.
 

(1)  If compensation is awarded the state shall be subrogated to all the rights of a claimant to receive or recover from a collateral source to the extent that compensation was awarded. 

(2)  In the event that the claimant recovers compensation, other than under the provisions of this chapter, for injuries or death resulting from criminally injurious conduct, the claimant shall retain, as trustee, so much of the recovered funds as necessary to reimburse the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund, as created in Section 99-41-29, to the extent that compensation was awarded to the claimant from such fund. Such funds as are retained in trust under the provisions of this section shall be promptly deposited in the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund created in Section 99-41-29. 

(3)  If a claimant brings an action to recover damages related to the criminally injurious conduct upon which compensation is claimed or awarded, the claimant shall give the director written notice of the action. After receiving such notice the director may join in the action as a party plaintiff to recover any compensation awarded. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1990, ch. 509, § 11; Laws,  1996, ch. 506, § 9, eff from and after July 1, 1996.