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Mont. Code Ann. § 39-71-1014 (2026)

Rehabilitation Services -- Required And Provided By Insurers

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TITLE 39. LABOR

CHAPTER 71. WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Part 10. Stay-at-Work/Return-to-Work Assistance

Rehabilitation Services -- Required And Provided By Insurers

39-71-1014. Rehabilitation services -- required and provided by insurers. (1) Rehabilitation services are required for disabled workers and may be initiated by:

(a) an insurer by designating a rehabilitation provider; or

(b) a disabled worker through a request to the department. The department shall then require the insurer to designate a rehabilitation provider.

(2) Rehabilitation services provided under this part must be delivered through a rehabilitation counselor certified by the commission on rehabilitation counselor certification.

History: En. Sec. 37, Ch. 464, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 109, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 122, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 50, Ch. 130, L. 2005.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1991–2005 · leading case: State ex rel. Cobbs v. Montana Dep't of Soc. & Rehab. Servs., 906 P.2d 204 (Mont. 1995).
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State ex rel. Cobbs v. Montana Dep't of Soc. & Rehab. Servs., 906 P.2d 204 (Mont. 1995). · cites it 7× “However, the plain language of § 39-71-1014, MCA, indicates that vocational services, including the development of a formal rehabilitation plan, may be delivered exclusively by a private rehabilitation provider.”
Higginbotham v. Stoltze-Connor Lumber Co., 810 P.2d 295 (Mont. 1991). · cites it 3× “Section 39-71-1014, MCA, in pertinent part states: “(1) Rehabilitation services are required for disabled workers and may be initiated by: “(a) an insurer by designating a rehabilitation provider and notifying the division; In this case, the insurer notified the Division of its…”
Quigg v. Montana State Fund, 2005 MT 267N, 330 Mont. 397. · cites it 6× “He argues that he is entitled to: vocational rehabilitation services, pursuant to § 39-71-1014, MCA (1991); rehabilitation benefits, pursuant to § 39-71-1003, MCA (1991); temporary total disability benefits, pursuant to § 39-71-701, MCA (1991); and permanent partial disability…”
Bare v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins., 1998 MT 106, 958 P.2d 71. · cites it 2× “In his petition, Bare claims that he is a “disabled worker” which is defined as “one who has a medically determined restriction resulting from a work-related injury that precludes the worker from returning to the job the worker held at the time of the injury.”
Mont. Code Ann. § 39-71-1014(1): 1 case
Bare v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins., 1998 MT 106, 958 P.2d 71. “In his petition, Bare claims that he is a “disabled worker” which is defined as “one who has a medically determined restriction resulting from a work-related injury that precludes the worker from returning to the job the worker held at the time of the injury.”
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