{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-97-90.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-90.1","heading":"Insurers that provide employee's health benefit plans, disability income plans, or any other health insurance plans as real parties in interest; reimbursement.","body":"An insurer that covers an employee under a health benefit plan as defined in G.S. 58-3-167, a disability income plan, or any other health insurance plan is not a real party in interest and shall not intervene or participate in any proceeding or settlement agreement under this Article to determine whether a claim is compensable under this Article or to seek reimbursement for medical payments under its plan. The insurer that covers an employee under a health benefit plan as defined in G.S. 58-3-167 or any other health insurance plan may seek reimbursement from the employee, employer, or carrier that is liable or responsible for the specific medical charge according to a final adjudication of the claim under this Article or an order of the Commission approving a settlement agreement entered into under this Article for health plan payments for that specific medical charge. Upon the admission or adjudication that a claim is compensable, the party or parties liable shall notify in writing any known health benefit plan covering the employee of the admission or adjudication. (2001-216, s. 1; 2001-487, s. 102(b).)","path":["Chapter 97. Workers' Compensation Act.","Article 1. Workers' Compensation Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_97/GS_97-90.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:14:12Z","sha256":"6f5f453d52e7e5a9b6e25cf5d14172f80545c06d3fe52553b8b8cd7a283281a3","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-97-90","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-97-91"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}