Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 39. LABOR

CHAPTER 71. WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Part 4. Coverage, Liability, and Subrogation

Tribal Employment Coverage

39-71-441. Tribal employment coverage. The department may, as provided in Title 18, chapter 11, enter into an agreement with a tribal government to recognize, with the same effect as the exclusive remedy and benefits under plans No. 1, 2, and 3, tribal workers' compensation plans or self-insured plans that the department determines provide adequate coverage to persons who are:

(1) employed by an enrolled tribal member or by an association, business, corporation, or other entity at least 51% of which is owned by one or more enrolled tribal members; and

(2) working outside the exterior boundaries of an Indian reservation.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 112, L. 2009.