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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-722" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to approval by the Commission under subsection (c) of this section, after a claim has been filed by a covered employee or the dependents of a covered employee, the covered employee or dependents may enter into an agreement for the final compromise and settlement of any current or future claim under this title with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the employer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the insurer of the employer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Subsequent Injury Fund; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Uninsured Employers’ Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The final compromise and settlement agreement shall contain the terms and conditions that the Commission considers proper.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A final compromise and settlement agreement may not take effect unless it has been approved by the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When approved by the Commission, a final compromise and settlement agreement is binding on all of the parties to the agreement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Unless the Commission orders otherwise, a final compromise and settlement agreement between a covered employee or the dependents of a covered employee and the employer or its insurer precludes the right of the covered employee or the dependents of the covered employee to proceed against the Subsequent Injury Fund on the claim.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If an individual entitled to payment under a final compromise and settlement agreement dies before the individual receives the total amount payable, the balance payable is an asset of the estate of the individual.</text>
  </level>
</section>
