Pennsylvania Statutes Title 77 P.S. Workers' Compensation § 2623. Execution of agreements and promulgation of regulations; payment of benefits and damages

(a) The board is hereby empowered to execute the agreements provided in this act and to promulgate such regulations as they may deem necessary for this purpose. When any such agreement has been approved by the department, the same shall be properly filed and docketed, and the board shall from time to time until such agreement shall be modified or terminated as provided in this act pay the sums therein agreed upon. All such payments shall be made by check of the State Treasurer issued upon requisition of the secretary. Every such check shall be mailed to the person or persons entitled thereto under such agreement. When any award is made by the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board or by a workers' compensation judge in any proceedings brought by an employe of a subscriber or the dependents of such employe against the fund, this award shall be filed and docketed, and the board shall from time to time until such award is modified, reversed or terminated pay the sums therein lawfully awarded against the fund. All such payments shall be made by check of the State Treasurer issued upon requisition of the secretary, and every such check shall be mailed to the person or persons entitled thereto under the award.

(b) When any proceedings brought by an employe of a subscriber or the dependents of such employe against the fund for benefits payable under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (44 Stat. 1424, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq.) or the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-173, 30 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.), such proceedings shall be filed and docketed; the board shall from time to time until such benefits are modified, reversed, or terminated pay such benefit sums for which the fund is legally responsible. All such payments shall be made by check of the State Treasurer issued upon requisition of the secretary, and every such check shall be mailed to the person or persons entitled thereto.

(c) When any proceedings brought by an employe of a subscriber or the dependents of such employe against the fund for sums such subscriber shall become legally obligated to pay any employe of his as damages because of bodily injury by accident or disease, including death at any time resulting therefrom, sustained by such employe arising out of and in the course of his employment, such proceedings shall be filed and docketed, and the board shall from time to time until such damage sums are modified, reversed or terminated pay such damage sums for which the fund is legally responsible. All such payments shall be made by check the State Treasurer issued upon requisition of the secretary, and every such check shall be mailed to the person or persons entitled thereto.