---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 726.213"
title: "20"
number: "726.213"
heading: "Reports by carriers concerning the payment of benefits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/726.213"
---

# §726.213. Reports by carriers concerning the payment of benefits.


Pursuant to [33 U.S.C. 914(c)](/usc/33/914.md?p=c) as incorporated by [section 422(a)](/cfr/20/422.md?p=a) of part C of title IV of the Act and [§ 726.207](/cfr/20/726.207.md) each carrier issuing a policy or contract of insurance under the Act shall upon making the first payment of benefits and upon the suspension of any payment in any case, immediately notify the Office in accordance with a form prescribed by the Office that payment of benefit has begun or has been suspended as the case may be. In addition, each such carrier shall at the request of the Office submit to the Office such additional information concerning policies or contracts of insurance issued to guarantee the payment of benefits under the Act and any benefits paid thereunder, as the Office may from time to time require to carry out its responsibilities under the Act.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015)); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 80097, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.