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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-802" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Subsequent Injuries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a covered employee has a permanent impairment and suffers a subsequent accidental personal injury, occupational disease, or compensable hernia resulting in permanent partial or permanent total disability that is substantially greater due to the combined effects of the previous impairment and the subsequent compensable event than it would have been from the subsequent compensable event alone, the employer or its insurer is liable only for the compensation payable under this title for the subsequent accidental personal injury, occupational disease, or compensable hernia.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the compensation for which an employer or its insurer is liable, the covered employee is entitled to compensation from the Subsequent Injury Fund if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the covered employee has a permanent impairment due to a previous accident, disease, or congenital condition that is or is likely to be a hindrance or obstacle to the employment of the covered employee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the covered employee suffers a subsequent compensable accidental personal injury, occupational disease, or compensable hernia resulting in permanent partial or permanent total disability that is substantially greater due to the combined effects of the previous impairment and the subsequent compensable event than it would have been from the subsequent compensable event alone;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the combined effects of the previous impairment and the subsequent accidental personal injury, occupational disease, or compensable hernia result in a permanent disability exceeding 50% of the body as a whole; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the previous impairment, as determined by the Commission at the time of the subsequent compensable event, and the subsequent accidental personal injury, occupational disease, or compensable hernia are each compensable for at least 125 weeks.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Compensation from the Subsequent Injury Fund shall be paid after the completion of payments of compensation by the employer or its insurer.</text>
  </level>
</section>
