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Current as of January 01, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
1. Any widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent who resides in this State and who receives death benefits on account of an industrial injury or a disablement from an occupational disease which occurred before July 1, 1973, is entitled to a 65 percent increase in those benefits without regard to any limitation on wages imposed by chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS on the amount of those benefits.
2. The increase must be paid from the Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 53. Labor and Industrial Relations § 616C.510. Increased death benefits if injury or disablement occurred before July 1, 1973 - last updated January 01, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-53-labor-and-industrial-relations/nv-rev-st-616c-510/
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